The removal of a person’s liberty by detaining them in the prison system is one of the most coercive powers that the state can exercise over a human being. Over the centuries the common law has prescribed certain limitations on the state’s powers to do so. In addition, under international human rights law there are certain human rights standards which the Australian government has agreed to uphold, by virtue of having signed and ratified particular human rights conventions
The detention of asylum seekers has been a key feature of Australia's contemporary response to asylu...
Australia has numerous international human rights law obligations that apply to imprisonment. This t...
Australia has been selective in implementing its international obligations, according to Jane McAdam...
Recent legal challenges to the detention of asylum seekers in Australia have exposed some limits on ...
Australia's policy of indefinite mandatory detention was legislatively bolted in 1992 and applied to...
Imprisoned people have always been vulnerable and in need of human rights protections. The slow but ...
Australia’s approach to asylum seekers is a contested area of public policy and has been subjected t...
In late 2011 the High Court of Australia and the European Court of Justice made rulings on the condi...
The restriction of asylum-seekers liberty of movement is a common occurrence. Asylum-seekers are oft...
Purpose – This paper studies the experiences of asylum seekers in Australia. The purpose of this pap...
The detention of asylum seekers has been a key feature of Australia's contemporary response to ...
The detaining of asylum seekers is one of the most divisive public policy issues in Australia. Since...
A response to the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work People's Inquiry into Detention
Australia's latest policy approach to asylum seekers who arrive by boat, Operation Sovereign Borders...
Whilst the term ‘solitary confinement’ does not appear in Australian legislation, prisoners in all s...
The detention of asylum seekers has been a key feature of Australia's contemporary response to asylu...
Australia has numerous international human rights law obligations that apply to imprisonment. This t...
Australia has been selective in implementing its international obligations, according to Jane McAdam...
Recent legal challenges to the detention of asylum seekers in Australia have exposed some limits on ...
Australia's policy of indefinite mandatory detention was legislatively bolted in 1992 and applied to...
Imprisoned people have always been vulnerable and in need of human rights protections. The slow but ...
Australia’s approach to asylum seekers is a contested area of public policy and has been subjected t...
In late 2011 the High Court of Australia and the European Court of Justice made rulings on the condi...
The restriction of asylum-seekers liberty of movement is a common occurrence. Asylum-seekers are oft...
Purpose – This paper studies the experiences of asylum seekers in Australia. The purpose of this pap...
The detention of asylum seekers has been a key feature of Australia's contemporary response to ...
The detaining of asylum seekers is one of the most divisive public policy issues in Australia. Since...
A response to the Australian Council of Heads of Social Work People's Inquiry into Detention
Australia's latest policy approach to asylum seekers who arrive by boat, Operation Sovereign Borders...
Whilst the term ‘solitary confinement’ does not appear in Australian legislation, prisoners in all s...
The detention of asylum seekers has been a key feature of Australia's contemporary response to asylu...
Australia has numerous international human rights law obligations that apply to imprisonment. This t...
Australia has been selective in implementing its international obligations, according to Jane McAdam...