Report of an inquiry into a complaint by Ms KJ concerning events at Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre between 29-30 March 2002 / Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Published
Sydney : Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, [2004]
"This report relates to a complaint made by Ms KJ ... Ms KJ complains of acts inconsistent with or contrary to her human rights and the human rights of her son, MJ. Those acts are alleged to have occurred in the context of riots which took place at the Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre ... between 29-30 March 2002. During those riots, tear gas and batons were used by officers of Australasian Correctional Management Pty Ltd ('ACM'), the provider of detention services on behalf of the Commonwealth"--Introduction
Analysis
Riot control
Human rights violations
Immigration detention centres
Children
Woomera
Dept of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Australasian Correctional Management
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Complaints
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986
Riots
Notes
Cover title
Also issued as Parliamentary paper no. 79 of 2004
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Also available in an electronic version via the internet. Address as at 29/6/04: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/human_rights_reports/hrc_report_27.htm
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