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Australia: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Australia - UPR 37th Session (2021)
July 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports |
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v PDWL [2020] FCA 394
87 The Minister did not seek to justify PDWL’s continuing detention on any basis other than that a decision had been made under subs 189(1) of the Migration Act. For the reasons just given, subs 189(1) of the Migration Act can provide no justification for the continuing detention of PDWL. It follows that he is currently being unlawfully detained. That state of affairs should be immediately remedied. The appropriate remedy is an order that he be immediately released. I do not consider that it is necessary or useful to express that order in terms of the issue of a writ of habeas corpus, or an order in the nature of habeas corpus. As PDWL has been brought before the Court, it is unnecessary to direct that the Minister or any particular officer who is responsible for his detention release PDWL from detention. It is sufficient that I simply order his release forthwith. 17 March 2020 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Habeas corpus - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia |
Australia-bound asylum seekers left mentally scarred by years of detention on Pacific islands, warns UN refugee official
4 April 2018 | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News |
Amnesty International Report 2017/18 - Australia
22 February 2018 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Annual Reports |
UN urges Australia to find humane solutions for refugees, asylum seekers on Manus Island
22 December 2017 | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News |
Situation on Australian offshore processing facility at risk of further deterioration, UN warns
24 November 2017 | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News |
Manus Island: Lives at risk as authorities attempt to move refugees
23 November 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News |
Situation on Australian 'offshore processing' facility deteriorates by the day – UN refugee official
21 November 2017 | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News |
UNHCR urges humane approach on Manus island
10 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
Authorities in PNG must allow aid in, must not use force to move refugees out
9 November 2017 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News |