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{{short description|Australian lawyer}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}}
'''Stephen Kenny''' is an Australian lawyer. He acted as the original lawyer for [[David Matthew Hicks|David Hicks]], a [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantánamo Bay detainee]].<ref name=Abc040513>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2004/s1107788.htm |title=Hicks victim of 'orchestrated' abuse: lawyer, Stephen Kenny |work=[[PM (Australian radio program)|PM]] |publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |location=Australia |date=13 May 2004 }}</ref><ref name="ACTlawsociety">{{cite speech |url=https://www.actlawsociety.asn.au/documents/item/95 |title=Hicks and the Geneva Convention, Hindmarsh and Native Title |author=Kenny, Stephen |author-link=Stephen Kenny (Australian lawyer) |publisher=Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory |date=17 May 2005 |work=Sir Richard Blackburn Lecture, 2005 |access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref>

Kenny has practiced as a barrister and solicitor in Australia for over 25 years. He has maintained a strong interest in [[civil liberties]] and is the past Chairperson of the South Australian Council for Civil Liberties. Throughout his career, Kenny has acted for [[Indigenous Australians|indigenous people]], including on personal and [[native title]] land claim matters as well as undertaking [[pro-bono]] work for migrant families and community groups.

In the 1990s he acted for the [[Ngarrindjeri]] during the [[Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy]].<ref name="ACTlawsociety"/>

In January 2002 after reading press reports of the detention of David Hicks at Guantánamo Bay, Kenny offered his services to his Adelaide family. With permission of the family, Kenny commenced legal proceedings in the United States for a Writ of [[Habeas Corpus]] against [[George W Bush|President Bush]] and the US Military who were detaining Hicks. Known as ''[[Rasul v. Bush]]'', the legal proceedings resulted in the [[United States Supreme Court]] ruling that Guantánamo Bay was within the jurisdiction of the US Courts. This led to a number of other detainees taking action against their detention in US Federal Courts.<ref name=Biography>[http://www.unya.asn.au/unyc2005/speakers/kenny.pdf Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060919111935/http://www.unya.asn.au/unyc2005/speakers/kenny.pdf |date=19 September 2006 }} ''44th National Youth Conference, Adelaide, July 2005''</ref>

==Awards==
Kenny has won the 2010 Law Society of South Australia's justice award.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/lawyer-hailed-for-pro-bono-work-20100901-14myg.html |title=Lawyer hailed for pro bono work |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=1 September 2010 |access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/lawyer-for-david-hicks-steve-kenny/7100534 David Hicks' lawyer reveals why he sued the US and Australian governments]

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