A last resort? - Summary Guide
Access the summary guide to the Last Resort report on child detention in Australia, examining key findings and recommendations for improving outcomes.
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Discover a summary guide on last resort measures.
A last resort?
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
A Last resort? - Summary Guide
A summary of the important issues, findings and recommendations of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
Summary Guide
What does international law say about the detention of children?
Australia's detention policy – does it protect children's human rights?
The National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention was announced in November 2001.
It was established to consider whether Australia's immigration detention laws and its treatment of children in immigration detention comply with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Inquiry received substantial evidence about the treatment of children in immigration detention centres between 1999 and 2002.
The information contained in this publication provides a summary of some of the important issues, findings and recommendations of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention. It is not an exhaustive account of all the information contained in the Inquiry report.
For further information:
A last resort? The Report of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention website
The Summary Guide to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention is also available for download:
The Commission has also made this information available in hard copy and on CD-Rom.
Children in playground at Woomera with hunger strike in background, January 2002
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