Australia

Australia: End Offshore Transfer of Migrant Children

The Australian government should immediately stop transfers of migrant children - including unaccompanied migrant children and child asylum seekers - to offshore processing sites in Manus Island of Papua New Guinea, and Nauru.

Statement before the CRPD Committee on the Day of General Discussion on Women and Girls with Disabilities

Apr 17, 2013
Protect rights of women, girls with disabilities

Apr 16, 2013
Australia: End Offshore Transfer of Migrant Children

Nov 24, 2012
Exporting Australia's Asylum Policies

Oct 23, 2012

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Statement before the CRPD Committee on the Day of General Discussion on Women and Girls with Disabilities

Apr 17, 2013
Protect rights of women, girls with disabilities

Apr 16, 2013
Letter to United Nations Committee on the Rights of People with Disabilities on Upcoming Review of Australia

Apr 3, 2013
Australia: End Offshore Transfer of Migrant Children

Nov 24, 2012

The Australian government should immediately stop transfers of migrant children - including unaccompanied migrant children and child asylum seekers - to offshore processing sites in Manus Island of Papua New Guinea, and Nauru.
Exporting Australia's Asylum Policies

Oct 23, 2012

Australia has found a new export product: punitive asylum policies.
Indonesia/Australia: Protect ‘Boat Children’

Sep 10, 2012

The Australian and Indonesian governments should urgently take effective measures to protect migrant children at high risk of abuse while in Indonesia en route to Australia.
Australia: Cluster Munitions Law Seriously Flawed

Aug 22, 2012

Australia’s ratification of the international convention banning cluster bombs can finally proceed following the Senate’s approval on August 21, 2012, but its flawed implementing legislation contains provisions inconsistent with the convention.
Australia: ‘Pacific Solution’ Redux

Aug 17, 2012

The Australian parliament’s swift approval of an “offshore processing” law marks a shift in refugee policy that appears arbitrary and discriminatory on its face.
Sri Lanka: Australia Should Raise Torture Concerns

Apr 30, 2012

Australia’s immigration minister should raise concerns with Sri Lankan officials about alleged arbitrary arrest and torture of people who were refused asylum and sent back to Sri Lanka when he visits this week.
Australia: Urge Human Rights Improvements in Vietnam

Apr 25, 2012

Australia should urge Vietnam to release all political prisoners and to end restrictions on the freedoms of expression, association, peaceful assembly, belief, and religion when the two sides meet for their annual bilateral human rights dialogue in Hanoi on April 26-27, 2012.

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