241 |
Closely cooperate with the UNHCR and other relevant organizations to provide more adequate protection and proper treatment of asylum seekers and refugees
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, International engagement and assistance |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
242 |
Take under consideration making Australia's migration and humanitarian policies more flexible with a view to a larger reception of migrants and refugees
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
243 |
Improve conditions of reception and detention of refugees and migrants in accordance with international standards
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
244 |
Treat appropriately all the refugees, migrants and asylum seekers who have reached the Australian shores, to effectively safeguard their human rights
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
245 |
Review its immigration laws and policies and ensure compliance with its international obligations, especially regarding the rights of children
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
246 |
Review current immigration policies so to improve the rights of refugees and asylum seekers
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
247 |
Ensure refugee/asylum-seekers get their rights
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
248 |
Ensure all children of asylum seekers are protected
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
249 |
Continue to respect the Rights of asylum-seekers and refugees despite the difficulties
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
250 |
Review legislation on migration and refugee status
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
251 |
Make every effort to guarantee the human rights of asylum seekers, bearing in mind international obligations
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
252 |
Ensure that the issues of asylum seekers and refugees are addressed in line with the principles of the Bali Process, and Australia's other human rights and humanitarian obligations
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Human trafficking |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
253 |
Ensure that Australia lives up to its international obligations regarding asylum seekers and refugees
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
254 |
Continue to ensure transparency and accountability in all procedures related to its treatment of refugees and asylum seekers
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
255 |
Ensure that no child is detained on the basis of his/her immigration status
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
256 |
Remove children and their families and other individuals at risk, in particular survivors of torture and trauma, from immigration detention centres
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
257 |
Cease the detention of children in immigration detention centres
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
258 |
Immediately end the mandatory detention of migrant children and ensure that the best interests of the children are respected
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
259 |
Develop alternative solutions to mandatory detention of asylum seekers, particularly in the case of children
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
260 |
Repeal provisions which establish compulsory detention for those who enter the country in an irregular manner
|
Notes (will not consider further at this time) |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
261 |
Immediately halt mandatory detention of asylum seeker children
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
262 |
Repeal the provisions establishing the mandatory detention of persons entering its territory irregularly
|
Notes (will not consider further at this time) |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
263 |
End the policy of mandatory detention for all unauthorized arrivals, ensure that detention is only applied as a last resort, establish statutory time limits for detention and ensure access to an effective judicial remedy to review the necessity of detention
|
Notes (will not consider further at this time) |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
264 |
Review its national migration and asylum policies with a view to bring them in line with the Convention against Torture as well as the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly with regard to conditions of detention
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, Children |
265 |
Ensure that conditions of detention are in line with international norms and standards in particular the detention of migrants and asylum seekers
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
266 |
Take practical measures to cease the maltreatment of and violence against the refugees, including sexual violence by the officials in detention centres
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Conditions in detention, Violence, abuse and mistreatment |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
267 |
Allow human rights organisations full access to detention centres
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Civil society and National Human Rights Institutions |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
268 |
Allow access to independent observers to centres of detention of migrants which are outside of the Australian territory
|
Notes (will not consider further at this time) |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention, Civil society and National Human Rights Institutions |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
269 |
Ensure full compliance with its international obligations regarding the right of asylum seekers and refugees by expediting the processing of applications by asylum seekers at the various processing centres
|
Accepts |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |
270 |
Ensure that asylum seekers claims are processed in accordance with the UN Refugee Convention and that detention occurs only when necessary, for a minimal period, and that access to judicial oversight of detention is ensured
|
Notes |
Immigration and border protection, Immigration detention |
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers |