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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
24 September 2020Publication![Cover page with Australian Human Rights Commission logo, case title “Hamedani v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2020] AusHRC 137"](/sites/default/files/styles/search_results_image/public/2020-09/2020_AusHRC_137_Final-1_500px.jpg?itok=oBtf_z-3)
Hamedani v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2020)
Hamedani v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2020] AusHRC 137 Report into arbitrary detention -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
24 August 2020Publication
Mr AP v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)
Mr AP v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2019] AusHRC 134 Report into complaint of arbitrary detention -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
24 August 2020Publication
![Cover page of a report from the Australian Human Rights Commission titled FZ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2019] AusHRC 135, with a blue and white design.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_results_image/public/2020-08/%5B2019%5D-AusHRC-135_500px.jpg?itok=uf66rcxM)
FZ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
FZ v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2019] AusHRC 135 Report into use of force against Mr FZ in immigration detention -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
12 September 2019Publication
Ms HM and Master YM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)
Ms HM and Master YM v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) [2018] AusHRC 127 Report into arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child Introduction to this inquiry This is a report setting out the findings of the Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) following an inquiry into a complaint by Ms HM and Master YM against… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
23 October 2019Publication
Mr IB and Mr IC v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Learn about the case of Mr. IB and Mr. IC vs. Commonwealth of Australia. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
23 October 2019Publication
Mr BP, Ms BQ and Miss BR v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2019)
Report into complaint of breach of non-refoulement obligations, arbitrary interference with family and failure to consider the best interests of the child -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
26 July 2019Publication
Ms BK, Ms CO and Mr DE on behalf of themselves and their families v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)
The Australian Human Rights Commission has conducted an inquiry into three complaints arising from the practice of the Australian Government of sending to Nauru families with young children who arrived in Australia seeking asylum. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
19 February 2025Media Release
Human Rights Commissioner says NZYQ Nauru resettlement announcement raises more questions than it answers
Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has written to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke seeking clarity and transparency around an Australian Government decision to resettle three members of the NZYQ cohort in Nauru, saying the announcement raises serious human rights concerns and prompts more questions than it answers. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
2 December 2024Publication
'Not Just An Afterthought’ - Women in Immigration Detention Report
The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for significant reform to the country’s immigration detention system, after a new inspection report into the treatment of women in detention found their rights, safety and wellbeing are being widely overlooked. -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
9 December 2024Media Release
Women in immigration detention at serious risk of harassment and violence
The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for significant reform to the country’s immigration detention system, after a new report into the treatment of women in detention found their rights, safety and wellbeing are being widely overlooked. These failures, it found, are compounding the risk to women of harassment, violence, and ill health.