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010 $a 2009286227
020 $a9781921372407 (pbk.)
024 $a99935122605
035 $a(OCoLC)271845595
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn271845595
035 $a(NNC)7450240
035 $a7450240
037 $bScribe Publishing, 595 Drummond St., Carlton North VIC 3054
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050 00 $aHV640.4.A78$bB75 2008
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100 1 $aBriskman, Linda.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003115193
245 10 $aHuman rights overboard :$bseeking asylum in Australia /$cLinda Briskman, Chris Goddard, Susie Latham.
260 $aCarlton North, Vic. :$bScribe Publications,$c2008.
300 $a448 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 $a"In 2005, in the wake of the Cornelia Rau scandal, a citizen's inquiry was established to bear witness to events in Australian immigration-detention facilities. Until then, the federal government had refused to conduct a broad-ranging investigation into immigration detention in Australia, and the operations within detention centres had been largely shrouded in official secrecy. The People's Inquiry into Detention (as it came to be called) heard heartbreaking evidence about asylum-seekers journeys to Australia, their detention process, life in detention, and life after detention. In total, around 200 people testified to the inquiry, and a similar number of written submissions were received. Human Rights Overboard draws together, for the first time, the oral testimony and written submissions from the inquiry in a powerful and vital book that stands as an indelible record of one of Australias bleakest legacies. Clearly and comprehensively presented, the book is a haunting journey guided by voices from every side of the fence: former immigration detainees, refugee advocates, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, and former detention and immigration staff. Together, their stories bear testimony to a humanitarian disaster that Australia caused, and that must be remembered so that it never happens again. With a foreword by prominent humanitarian lawyer Julian Burnside, Human Rights Overboard is an essential book that will resonate with the Australian public and, indeed, the world, for years to come."--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [404]-448).
650 0 $aRefugees$zAustralia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010110390
650 0 $aDetention of persons$zAustralia.
650 0 $aRefugee children$xGovernment policy$zAustralia.
650 0 $aAsylum, Right of$xGovernment policy$zAustralia.
650 0 $aNoncitizens$xGovernment policy$zAustralia.
650 0 $aIllegal immigration$xGovernment policy$zAustralia.
700 1 $aGoddard, Christopher R.$q(Christopher Rex),$d1947-
700 1 $aLatham, Susie.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009109068
852 00 $bleh$hHV640.4.A78$iB75 2008