Human rights / Arbitrary arrest and detention

3 October 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest - Refugee / Asylum law - Social group discrimination | Countries: Australia - Egypt

18 July 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Religious discrimination | Countries: Australia - China

24 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Catholic - Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion - Police - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Threats / Intimidation | Countries: Australia - China

1 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

5 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Flight by land, air or sea - Freedom of religion - Hindu - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

2 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Security situation | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

asylum seekers’ detention is arbitrary and contrary to their right to liberty if the State fails to demonstrate on an individual basis that their continuous indefinite detention is justified, and that other, less intrusive, measures could not achieve the same end of compliance with the State’s need to respond to security concerns. In addition, the HRC considers that the combination of the arbitrary character and indefinite nature of the authors’ protracted detention, the absence of procedural guarantees to challenge the detention and the difficult conditions of detention, cumulatively inflict serious psychological harm that amount to “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” under the ICCPR.

2 May 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sri Lanka