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Human rights overboard : seeking asylum in Australia
Linda Briskman, Susie Latham, Chris Goddard
Carlton North, Vic. : Scribe Publishing, 2008
ISBN: 9781921372407
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Book description
In 2005, in the wake of the Cornelia Rau scandal, a citizen’s
inquiry was established to bear witness to events in Australia’s
immigration-detention facilities. Until then, the federal government had
refused to conduct a broad-ranging investigation into immigration detention,
and the operations within detention centres had been largely shrouded in
official secrecy.
The People’s Inquiry into Detention (as it came to be called) heard
heartbreaking evidence about asylum-seekers’ journeys to Australia, their
refugee determination process, and their life in and after detention. In
total, around 200 people testified to the inquiry, and a similar number of
written submissions were received.
Human Rights Overboard draws together, for the first time, the oral
testimony and written submissions from the inquiry in a powerful and vital
book that stands as an indictment of Australia’s refugee policy.
Clearly and comprehensively presented, the book is a haunting journey guided
by voices from every side of the fence: former and current immigration
detainees, refugee advocates, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, and former
detention and immigration staff. Taken together, their stories record a
humanitarian disaster that sounds a warning to current and future policy
makers, both here and overseas.
With a foreword by prominent humanitarian lawyer Julian Burnside, Human
Rights Overboard is an essential book that will resonate for years to
come.
About the author
Professor Linda Briskman is the Dr Haruhisa Handa Chair of
human rights education at Curtin University.
Susie Latham is an adjunct research associate at the Centre for
Human Rights Education, Curtin University, a registered migration agent
and a social worker.
Professor Chris Goddard is the Director of the National Research
Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Monash University.
Recognition of his accomplishments include a 2005 nomination for the UN
Human Rights Award for journalism.
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