Quick Question: Is Australia's Offshore Processing Legal under International Law?

Quick questions and answers from The UNSW Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law

Kaldor Centre Director Prof Jane McAdam explains why Australia's offshore processing violates numerous human rights #factsmatter.

Question:

Is offshore processing legal under international law? A: Not Australia's

Answer:

Well not the way Australia does it.

In fact numerous International and National bodies have found that Australia's practises violate so many of our human rights obligations.

The levels of psychological harm and trauma on Nauru and Papua New Guinea are higher than those ever seen in any war zone or refugee camp context - which is saying something.

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