Australia: Up-date to briefing for the Committee against Torture

Index Number: ASA 12/001/2008
Date Published: 16 April 2008
Categories: Australia

This briefing focuses on concerns about: further reports of Indigenous deaths in police custody operations, and in prison custody; a recent report from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission which highlights on-going concerns with conditions in immigration detention; and the Government announcement that it will continue to process claims off-shore from asylum-seekers who arrive without documents.