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End Mandatory Immigration Detention
CCL has made a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry on Immigration Detention. The submission will be made public soon. CCL is also partnering with GetUp! to help mobilise public support for ending mandatory detention. Join the campaign here....

United Nations Calls for Aussie Bill of Rights
The UN Committee against Torture has called for an Australian Bill of Rights, an end to mandatory immigration detention and a review of the Supermax prison at Goulburn. Read more...

Australia's Anti-Death Penalty Policy Undermined
New FOI documents show how the previous government ignored Australia's human rights obligations with respect to capital punishment. Read more...

recent CCL submissions...
» National Consultation on Human Rights Submission (June 2009)
» FOI Submission (February 2009)
» ICCPR Shadow Report (Dec 2008)
» OPCAT Submission (July 2008)
» Citizenship Test Review (June 2008)
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