The Human Rights Law Centre has requested that the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment take urgent action regarding the 153 Tamil asylum seekers, to ensure: (a) Australia discloses the whereabouts of the asylum seekers and the legal basis for their detention or deprivation of liberty, and facilitates their communication with a legal adviser or representative; (b) Australia refrains from involuntarily returning the asylum seekers to Sri Lanka in potential violation of the non-refoulement provisions of the Refugee Convention, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; and (c) the asylum seekers be permitted and facilitated to make a protection visa application in accordance with the Australian Migration Act 1958, including by ensuring that they have access to adequate legal advice and translation and interpretative services.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 07:05:54 +0000
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