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Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Immigration detention and human rights

The human rights of people who are in immigration detention are of special concern to the Commission. Liberty is a fundamental human right, recognised in major human rights instruments to which Australia is a party.

A young child peers through a metal fence. Text reads: The Forgotten Children. National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014.
Asylum Seekers and Refugees

National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention - Index

Inquiry publications: Report - The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014 (2015) ( h ard copies are available from the Commission's offices at Level 3, 175 Pitt Street, Sydney) Summary factsheet - The Forgotten Children: National Inquiry into Children in...