Violations of the rights of Indigenous Peoples, refugees and asylum-seekers continued to cause concern. The enforcement of government COVID-19 measures lacked accountability and transparency.

At Australia’s review before the United Nations Human Rights Council, Amnesty International Australia delivered a statement orally (submitted by video in advance). This document is a transcript of the video and gives a summary of the key concerns about Australia’s human rights record, including the...

Amnesty International submitted this document in response to the call for inputs issued by the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association to inform his report to the 76th session of the General Assembly. This document responds to the questions by the Special...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to ten of the states under review at the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2021. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, St Lucia, and St...

In this report, Amnesty International provides new information exposing the link between Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Ltd (MEHL) and military units that are implicated in crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations. This information has implications for...

This submission covers a range of human rights issues including Indigenous Peoples, criminal justice, refugee rights, religious freedom, discrimination, deterrence and detention as well as general human rights protections.

Human rights must be at the centre of all prevention, preparedness, containment and treatment efforts in response to the virus. However, many of the measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the Pacific appear to have been proposed and implemented without full consideration of potential...

Over 600 men remain indefinitely trapped on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, as a result of Australia’s system of ‘offshore processing’ for refugees. Many of these men have been stuck on the island for years in deteriorating conditions. This joint briefing with the Refugee Council of Australia...

Amnesty International writes to urge that Australia’s cruel treatment of refugees in the Pacific countries of Papua New Guinea and Nauru is considered at the top of the agenda at the 49th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting.

This paper provides an update on the health situation for refugees and asylum seekers sent to Papua New Guinea (PNG) by the Australian government. Over the past few months, the Australian government has substantially reduced health care provided to refugees and asylum seekers it sent to Papua New...

For the past four and a half years, more than 800 refugees and people seeking asylum have been immured in Australian-run detention centres on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (PNG). The PNG government has repeatedly failed to implement measures to integrate refugees, ensure they are self-sufficient,...

In this submission Amnesty International reports on the status of racial discrimination and hatred in Australia since the last review by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2010. This submission comments on the need for improved human rights protections, including in the...

Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to submit this document to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (the Committee). This submission focuses on the key civil and political rights issues in Australia including the legal framework for human rights protection, the rights of...