Evaluation of Bali Bombings Legal Responses
TERRORISM: LEGAL AND NON-LEGAL RESPONSES
Evaluate the effectiveness of the legal and non-legal responses to the Bali Bombings
The 2002 Bali Bombings were a series of suicide bombing attacks on the popular western tourist district of Kuta, Bali - an island of Indonesia. The attack occurred on October 12, 2002 and took the lives of 202 people; 88 of which were Australian nationals. This response will evaluate the legal and non-legal responses to the Bali Bombings according to the following criteria: resource efficiency, accessibility, enforceability, responsiveness, protection of individual rights, meeting society 's needs and the application of the rule of law, and aims to answer the question that, in this case, has justice been achieved?
To first address the responsiveness of legal and non-legal responses in relation to the Bali Bombings, within twenty-four hours of the blast hitting, the Australian Government had made rapid responses to ensure the safety of Australians on the island, the repatriation of bodies, the investigation into the incident itself and the assistance of families who had lost members in the blast, or who wanted to ensure the safety of their loved one. The Australian Federal Police were the first responders to the incident, and their responsiveness to this act of terror was swift. The Australian Federal Police was formed in 1979 in response to the Hilton Bombings in Sydney. It was, and still is, a Commonwealth police force with the primary aim of counter terrorism. By 0200 AEDST (the time of the blast was 2300 WITA, the time-zone for Central Indonesia, this time has been adjusted to Australian Eastern local time), which was the exact time of the blast in Australian-time, the AFP began to receive reports from the general public in Indonesia to their National Assessment Center, giving details of the blasts and the occurrences.
Within fourty minutes of the blast taking place (0240 AEST/2340 WITA), two AFP liaison officers stationed
Evaluate the effectiveness of the legal and non-legal responses to the Bali Bombings
The 2002 Bali Bombings were a series of suicide bombing attacks on the popular western tourist district of Kuta, Bali - an island of Indonesia. The attack occurred on October 12, 2002 and took the lives of 202 people; 88 of which were Australian nationals. This response will evaluate the legal and non-legal responses to the Bali Bombings according to the following criteria: resource efficiency, accessibility, enforceability, responsiveness, protection of individual rights, meeting society 's needs and the application of the rule of law, and aims to answer the question that, in this case, has justice been achieved?
To first address the responsiveness of legal and non-legal responses in relation to the Bali Bombings, within twenty-four hours of the blast hitting, the Australian Government had made rapid responses to ensure the safety of Australians on the island, the repatriation of bodies, the investigation into the incident itself and the assistance of families who had lost members in the blast, or who wanted to ensure the safety of their loved one. The Australian Federal Police were the first responders to the incident, and their responsiveness to this act of terror was swift. The Australian Federal Police was formed in 1979 in response to the Hilton Bombings in Sydney. It was, and still is, a Commonwealth police force with the primary aim of counter terrorism. By 0200 AEDST (the time of the blast was 2300 WITA, the time-zone for Central Indonesia, this time has been adjusted to Australian Eastern local time), which was the exact time of the blast in Australian-time, the AFP began to receive reports from the general public in Indonesia to their National Assessment Center, giving details of the blasts and the occurrences.
Within fourty minutes of the blast taking place (0240 AEST/2340 WITA), two AFP liaison officers stationed