When Man Monis stepped over the threshold and entered the Lindt Cafe or anyone else embarks on a criminal enterprise that puts the lives of others at risk, he forfeits his rights and checks them in at the door.
Having to consider his welfare and rights in the heat of the stand off, forcing the officers in charge to second guess themselves whilst clouding their judgement in such a tense, hair trigger situation, the extension of such rights to the likes of Man Monis places a question mark over the mental health of the proponents of such an insulting and absurd idea as well as cheapening the entire concept of human rights.
In such a situation his rights, to the extent that they even exist are lesser and should not be of any consideration at all.
We’ll never know for sure but less time spent handwringing and beard stroking and considering Man Monis’s rights may have actually led to an earlier and better outcome all round.