
Human Rights Overboard
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In 2005, in the wake of the Cornelia Rau scandal, a citizen's inquiry was established to bear witness to events in Australia's immigration-detention facilities. Until then, the federal government had refused to conduct a broad-ranging investigation into immigration detention, and the operations within detention centres had been largely shrouded in official secrecy.
The People's Inquiry into Detention (as it came to be called) heard heartbreaking evidence about asylum-seekers' journeys to Australia, their refugee determination process, and their life in and after detention. In total, around 200 people testified to the inquiry, and a similar number of written submissions were received.
Human Rights Overboard draws together, for the first time, the oral testimony and written submissions from the inquiry in a powerful and vital book that stands as an indictment of Australia's refugee policy.
Clearly and comprehensively presented, the book is a haunting journey guided by voices from every side of the fence: former and current immigration detainees, refugee advocates, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, and former detention and immigration staff. Taken together, their stories record a humanitarian disaster that sounds a warning to current and future policy makers, both here and overseas. With a foreword by prominent humanitarian lawyer Julian Burnside, Human Rights Overboard is an essential book that will resonate for years to come.
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Content
- Intro
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- In Memory Of
- Preface
- Foreword
- Acronyms
- Introduction
- Methods of Inquiry & Framing of Report
- Report Summary
- Part 1: The Journey into Detention
- Part 2: Processing of Refugee Claims
- Flaws in the Refugee Determination Process
- Psychological Effects of the Process
- The 'Pacific Solution'
- Part 3: Detention
- Physical Conditions
- Mental Health Conditions
- Violence & Self-harm
- Assaults
- Children
- Deportations
- Deaths in Detention
- Accountability
- Government Inaction
- Refugee Advocacy
- Other Pathways into Detention
- Costs of Detention
- Part 4: Life After Detention
- Mental Health
- Children
- Debts
- Refugee Advocacy
- Part 5: Post-Cornelia Changes
- A Change of Government
- Part 6: A Fresh Start
- Removing Racism
- Restoring Human Rights
- Reinstating Accountability
- Righting the Wrongs
- Appendices
- Endnotes
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