Immigration detention, asylum seekers and refugees

Date: 
Wednesday 1 May 2013
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Immigration detention, asylum seekers and refugees

Frequently asked questions

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Recent media

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Publications

Submissions

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Photos

The Commission conducts visits to Australia’s immigration detention facilities in order to monitor conditions in the facilities. The Commission’s aim is to ensure that conditions meet internationally accepted human rights standards.

For further information about the Commission’s visits, click here.

For reports on the Commission’s visits, click here.

Photos taken by the Commission during visits to immigration detention facilities in the following locations are available at these links:

Speeches and events

Individual complaints

Do you think you have been discriminated against or had your human rights breached while in immigration detention?

Click here for information about how to make a complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

 

Reports of complaints under the AHRC Act
 
The Commission can inquire into complaints of breaches of human rights under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act).
 
When the Commission receives a complaint of a breach of human rights the Commission will attempt to resolve the complaint through conciliation.
 
If conciliation is unsuccessful or inappropriate and the Commission finds that there has been a breach of human rights then the Commission can prepare a report of the complaint, including recommendations for action, for the Attorney General. The report must be tabled in Parliament.
 
Reports to the Attorney General under the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 are available here. Recent reports relating to alleged human rights abuses in connection with immigration detention include: