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Title A last resort ? : National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention / Vanessa Lesnie ... [and others]
Published Sydney : Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2004

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Description 925 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
4 3/4 in
Series Parliamentary paper / Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, 0727-4181 ; no. 134 of 2004
Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ; 2004, no. 134
Contents Executive summary -- 1. Introduction. -- 2. Inquiry methodology. -- 3. Setting the scene - children in immigration detention. -- 4. Australia's human rights obligations. -- 5. Mechanisms to protect the human rights of children in immigration detention. -- 6. Australia's immigration detention policy and practice. -- 7. Refugee status determination for children in immigration detention. -- 8. Safety of children in immigration detention. -- 9. Mental health of children in immigration detention. -- 10. Physical health of children in immigration detention. -- -- 11. Children with disabilities in immigration detention. -- 12. Education for children in immigration detention. -- 13. Recreation for children in immigration detention. -- 14. Unaccompanied children in immigration detention. -- 15. Religion, culture and language for children in immigration detention. -- 16. Temporary protection visas for children released from immigration detention. -- 17. Major findings and recommendations of the Inquiry
Summary "This Report sets out the major finds and recommendations of the inquiry. It also analyses the various rights to which children in immigration detention are entitled to such as: safety, mental and physical health, education, recreation, religion and culture. It also assesses temporary protection visas and explains the key principles that should guide the development of new laws applying to children who arrive in Australia without a visa" -- Back cover of CD-ROM container
Analysis Children
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Mental health
Statistics
Trends to 2005
Key item
Child development
Human rights violations
Immigration detention centres
Refugee policy
Committees and inquiries
Australasian Correctional Management
Dept of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Immigrants and refugees
Notes Cover title
"April 2004"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Also available in an electronic version on the Internet. Address as of 13/08/2013: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/last-resort
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Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 2004
Subject National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (Australia)
SUBJECT Refugees and human rights http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97076863 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326
Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989 November 20) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89242982
Subject Refugees -- Australia -- Anecdotes.
Refugees -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia.
Refugees and human rights -- Australia
Refugee children -- Australia.
Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
Political refugees -- Australia.
Refugees -- Australia.
Refugees -- Government policy -- Australia.
Detention of persons -- Australia.
Children's rights -- Australia.
Refugees.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
Refugees -- Government policy -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia.
Detention of persons -- Australia -- Psychological aspects.
Refugee children -- Government policy -- Australia.
Emigration and immigration.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Author Lesnie, Vanessa
Australia. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
LC no. 00002555
ISBN 0642269890
Other Titles Last resort? : a summary guide to the national inquiry into children in immigration detention
Last resort? : the report of the national inquiry into children in immigration detention