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Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President speech: Using human rights to inform administrative decision-making
The right to non-discrimination on the basis of sex and immigration regulations: Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v The United Kingdom (28 May 1985) Eur Court HR -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees10 July 2013Webpage
Immigration detention reports and photos
<h2>&nbsp;</h2> <h2><a id="reports" name="reports"></a>Immigration detention reports:</h2> <p>The reports below published by the Commission outline issues of concern arising from its visits to immigration detention facilities.</p> <h4>2018</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/node/15143">Inspection of Adelaide Immigration Detention Centre Report </a>(2018)</li> </ul> <p>- <a href="https://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/18.05.24%20Home%20Affairs%20response%20to%20AITA%20inspection%20report_Redacted.pdf">Dept. of Home Affairs response to Adelaide Immigration Detention Centre</a></p> -
14 December 2012Book page
Building understanding and respect for human rights - Annual Report 2009-2010: Australian Human Rights Commission
A fundamental goal of the Commission is to engage all parts of the Australian community in a constructive dialogue about human rights and how they can be better protected. -
14 December 2012Book page
A last resort? - Summary Guide: Safety in Detention Centres
Throughout the course of the Inquiry, a number of serious disturbances occurred in immigration detention centres, including riots, fires, hunger strikes, protests, self-harm and suicide attempts. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
59th Session of the Commission on Human Rights
Read a statement about the history of the Australian Human Rights Commission, which was presented at the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva in 2003. -
14 December 2012Book page
Mandatory detention laws in Australia
Mandatory detention laws were enacted in Western Australia and the Northern Territory in 1996 and 1997 respectively. Essentially these laws require courts to impose minimum sentences of detention or imprisonment for people convicted of certain offences. They effectively remove judicial discretion in relation to those offences. -
31 July 2013Book page
4 What are the human rights issues raised by refusal or cancellation of visas under section 501?
<p>The Commission has a number of concerns about the impact on the human rights of people whose applications for visas are refused or whose visas are cancelled under section 501 of the Migration Act. The Commission is particularly concerned about the consequences for:</p> <ul> <li>refugees who have their applications for protection visas <em>refused</em> on character grounds</li> <li>long-term permanent residents of Australia who have their visas <em>cancelled</em> on character grounds.</li> </ul> <p>The Commission’s major concerns, discussed in the following sections, relate to:</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
DIAC response to 2008 Immigration detention report - Summary of Observations following the Inspection of Mainland Immigration Detention Report
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) welcomes the release of the 2008 Immigration Detention Report by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and acknowledges the important independent scrutiny of the immigration system provided by the AHRC. -
4 February 2015Book page
5 What does the law say about detaining children?
<ul> <li><a href="#a5-1">5.1 Mandatory detention and lawfulness </a></li> <li><a href="#a5-2">5.2 Arbitrariness </a></li> <li><a href="#a5-3">5.3 Review of detention </a></li> <li><a href="#a5-4">5.4 Shortest appropriate period of time </a></li> <li><a href="#a5-5">5.5 Decision-making in relation to children </a></li> <li><a href="#a5-6">5.6 Minimum conditions of detention </a></li> <li><a href="#a5-7">5.7 Duty of care </a></li> <li><a href="#a5-8">5.8 Findings in relation to detention law, policy and practice</a></li> </ul> <hr> -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
Seventh International Conference for National Human Rights Institutions
Torture and various forms of terrorism have been practiced throughout history, though never on the scale we are now confronted with. The first visual records of police interrogation were discovered in a four thousand year old tomb in ancient Egypt. Since the pharaohs there have been many refinements in methods of inducing physical pain and gathering intelligence, most notably during the Spanish Inquisition, but more recently in the modern totalitarian state. -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Opinion piece
Human Rights and the War against Terrorism (2003)
"A system of tyranny, the most galling, the most horrible, the most undisguised in all its parts and attributes that has stained the page of history or disgraced the annals of the world." British Prime Minister William Pitt, 10 November 1797, speech to the House of Commons concerning France under the government of the Directory. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Webpage
Convention on the Rights of the Child - Human rights at your fingertips
Learn about the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, which recognises the inherent dignity and equal rights of all of humanity. -
14 December 2012Book page
2011 Immigration detention at Curtin
For more than a decade, the Australian Human Rights Commission has called for reforms to Australia’s system of mandatory and indefinite immigration detention – both in light of the impacts it has on people’s mental health and wellbeing, and because it leads to breaches of Australia’s international human rights obligations. During this time, the Commission has investigated numerous complaints from people in detention and conducted two national inquiries into the mandatory detention system.[1] -
Rights and Freedoms14 December 2012Speech
“The Relevance of Human Rights in Contemporary Australia”: Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2003)
1. Introduction 2. Emergence of International Human Rights 3. Impact of international human rights law on federal law 4. Moving forward on human rights protection -
31 January 2013Webpage
2009 Human Rights Medal and Awards Winners
<p style="margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-left: 15px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Since 1987, the Australian Human Rights Commission has recognised the often extraordinary contribution to Australian society of a wide variety of men and women committed to issues of human rights, social justice and equality through the annual Human Rights Medals and Awards.</p> -
14 December 2012Book page
2010 Immigration detention in Darwin: photos
The Australian Human Rights Commission visited immigration detention facilities in Darwin from 6 to 10 September 2010. Click here to read a public statement outlining key observations and concerns arising from the Commission’s visit. -
Commission – General14 December 2012Speech
President speech: The National Human Rights Consultation: Outcomes
I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
6 February 2015Book page
Appendix 1 – Review of detention policy and practices 2004–2014
<ul> <li><a href="#a1-1">1.1 Overview</a></li> <li><a href="#a1-2">1.2 Key findings and recommendations from A last resort? </a></li> <li><a href="#a1-3">1.3 Key legislative and policy changes</a></li> <li><a href="#a1-4">1.4 New Directions in Detention policy </a></li> <li><a href="#a1-5">1.5 Third country processing</a></li> <li><a href="#a1-6">1.6 Indefinite detention on Christmas Island</a></li> <li><a href="#a1-7">1.7 Rapid offshore processing after September election 2013</a></li> <li><a href="#a1-8">1.8 Other policy decisions</a></li></ul> -
14 December 2012Book page
Photos - 2011 Immigration detention at Villawood
<p> <a name="anchor" id="anchor"></a> </p> <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BodyText" --><ul> <li><a href="/human_rights/immigration/idc2011_villawood.html">back to 2011 Immigration detention at Villawood</a></li> </ul> <h1>Photos - 2011 Immigration detention at Villawood</h1> <p><a name="Heading1" id="Heading1"></a>The Australian Human Rights Commission visited Villawood Immigration</p> <p> Detention Centre and Sydney Immigration Residential Housing in February 2011. </p> <p>Photos taken during the Commission’s visit are set out below.</p> -
Rights and Freedoms14 April 2023Media Release
Commission welcomes banning of spit hoods by AFP
<p>A decision by the Australian Federal Police to end the use of spit hoods has been welcomed by the Australian Human Rights Commission.</p> <p>Today the AFP announced the AFP and ACT police will no longer use spit hoods, and instead the AFP will provide ‘alternative equipment and implement procedures to better protect officers from spitting and biting.’</p>
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