International Casework

The Centre conducts and supports human rights casework and litigation before international bodies and tribunals, including Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and UN treaty bodies such as the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture.


Indigenous Rights: Request for Urgent Action on NT Intervention from UN CERD (Sept 2009)

Family Rights: Nystrom v Australia – Individual Communication to UN Human Rights Committee (Apr 2007)

Homelessness: Request for Urgent Action from UN Special Rapporteurs (Nov 2006)

Indigenous Rights: Request for Country Visit from UN Special Rapporteur (Nov 2006)

Counter-Terrorism: David Hicks – Opinion on Legality of Trial before Guantanamo Military Commission (Nov 2006)

Counter-Terrorism: Request for Urgent Action from UN re Conditions of Unconvicted Remand Prisoners (Aug 2006)

Refugee Rights: Taha v Australia – Individual Communication to UN Human Rights Committee (Dec 2005)