Human Rights Briefing Paper to Sir Nigel Rodley, UN Human Rights Committee (Feb 2007)

In February 2007, the HRLRC, together with the National Association of Community Legal Centres and Rights Australia, prepared a Briefing Paper on Key Human Rights Issues for Sir Nigel Rodley of the UN Human Rights Committee.  Sir Nigel visited Australia from 22 – 28 February 2007.

The Briefing Paper considers a range of contemporary human rights issues in Australia, including:

  • the entrenchment of basic human rights;
  • the human rights of Indigenous Australians;
  • asylum-seeker policy and practice, including immigration detention;
  • counter-terrorism laws and measures;
  • the detention of David Hicks;
  • mental health law, policy and practice; and
  • Australia’s policy on the death policy.
Sir Nigel Rodley, Vice-Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee, visited Australia as a guest of the HRLRC

Sir Nigel Rodley, Vice-Chair of the UN Human Rights Committee, visited Australia as a guest of the HRLRC


Found in Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights Briefing Papers, Publications & Resources