Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation › Research
Description
This paper argues that national security whistleblowing under s.1(1) of the Official Secrets Act 1989 exposes three unresolved constitutional failures—undefined public interest, protean national security, and entrenched judicial deference—and, drawing on procedural theory and Canadian law, proposes a public interest defence and statutory reforms to reconcile state secrecy with democratic accountability.
Period
3 Jul 2025
Event title
In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights