Leading civil society organisations working with people who have been detained in Australia’s immigration detention system have raised concerns over...
Australia has failed to meet a crucial deadline for implementing its international anti-torture treaty obligations, despite receiving an extended timeframe...
Healthcare in Australian immigration detention is in crisis. People in immigration detention continue to be arbitrarily refused medical treatment, leading...
Leading Australian human rights advocates have asked a UN oversight body visiting Australia to rule on whether treatment of asylum...
PIAC’s work with people in immigration detention shows the overuse of handcuffs is preventing people in onshore immigration detention from...
Asylum seekers are being given the choice of being handcuffed on their way to medical appointments or missing out on...
PIAC made a submission to the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or...
The United Nations’ torture prevention watchdog has been urged to investigate Australia’s use of handcuffs on asylum seekers when seeking...
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says a comprehensive review of handcuffing in Australia’s onshore immigration detention system is urgently...
Following advocacy by PIAC, a refugee with a painful health condition has finally received treatment after an almost three-year ordeal....
