Media Pack Homepage Statements by Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner (Audio Files for Download) Inquiry Commissioner and Assistants Biographies About the Inquiry Inquiry Methodology Terms of Reference Useful Links and Resources Information Sheets: Major findings and Recommendations International Law and Detention Detention Policy and Children Detention Statistics Mental Health Education Safety and Security Temporary Protection Visas Summaries of Case Examples A last resort? - The report of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention Summary Guide

Useful Links and Resources

• The Commission’s National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention website: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention
• Background papers on the Inquiry can be found at: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  
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• The full text of the Convention on the Rights of the Child – can be accessed on the UNICEF website at: www.unicef.org/crc/fulltext.htm
• Submissions to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  
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• Transcripts of hearings held by the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  
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• Psychological Well Being of Child and Adolescent Refugee and Asylum Seekers: Overview of Major Research Findings of the Past Ten Years: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/
  
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• Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs website: www.dimia.gov.au
• Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs website: www.minister.immi.gov.au
• Refugee Review Tribunal website: www.rrt.gov.au
• The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees website: www.unhcr.ch
• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights website: www.unhchr.ch
• Amnesty Australia website: www.amnesty.org.au
• Refugee Council of Australia website: www.refugeecouncil.org.au
• Rural Australians for Refugees website: www.ruralaustraliansforrefugees.org
• Children out of Detention website: www.chilout.org

HOW TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE REPORT

The Report on the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention is available in several formats

• The report, media kit and summary guide are available online at: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention_report

COPYRIGHT

The Report on the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention and the community guide are subject to copyright. If any material is published or reproduced from the report or the community guide in any way it needs to be acknowledged to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

A small number of drawings and a poem were submitted to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention during visits to immigration detention centres and in focus groups. The Commission has made these available for publication or reproduction on its website at

www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/submissions/artwork/

Again, if any of this material is published or reproduced it needs to be acknowledged to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY

There are a number of directions to protect the privacy, security of employment and human rights of people assisting or otherwise involved in the subject of this Inquiry. In summary, the directions are:

• That the identity of asylum seekers¹ giving evidence, producing information or documents, or making submissions to this Inquiry (or proposing to do such things) is not to be disclosed;
• That the identity of all other persons giving evidence, producing information or documents, and making submissions to this Inquiry (or proposing to do such things) who request anonymity is not to be disclosed; and
• That evidence or information produced to the inquiry is not to be published in a way that identifies or could identify any individual.

The directions also prevent publication of material such as photographs that would disclose the identity of a person in the above categories. Please note that it is an offence under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Act to contravene these directions.

The Commission has made available as much material as possible in an authorised form that will avoid identification of people subject to these orders.

Information about these orders, including the reasons for them, can be found on the Commission’s website at: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/privacy.html.

1. "Asylum seekers" here refers to all persons who claim or have claimed to be a refugee (as defined by the Refugees Convention whether or not they are or were in fact a refugee and whether or not they have applied for a visa to enter and/or remain in Australia on the basis that they are a refugee.

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