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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
8 November 2013Project
Refugees with adverse security assessments
Refugees with adverse security assessments face indefinite detention. -
Rights and Freedoms
1 May 2013WebpageRight to security of the person and freedom from arbitrary detention
Learn how under human rights law, no person can be held under arbitrary arrest or detention, including persons in immigration detention. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageDate Index - Submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament and law reform bodies
<h2>Submissions to the Parliaments and law reform bodies</h2> <h2>Date Index</h2> <p>On the instructions of the Commission, another function of the Legal Section is to prepare submissions to the Commonwealth Parliament.</p> <p>See below for some of the submissions prepared by the Legal Section and other units in the commission:</p> <p>See also Submissions</p> -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
National Human Rights Consultation - Appendix 2
The Declaration recognises the legitimate entitlement of Indigenous people to all human rights – based on principles of equality, partnership, good faith and mutual benefit... -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Immigration Detention Network (2011)
The Australian Government should implement reforms it announced in 2008 under which immigration detention is to be used as a last resort and for the shortest practicable period, people are to be detained in the least restrictive environment appropriate to their individual circumstances, and there is a presumption that people will be permitted to reside in the community unless they pose an unacceptable risk.