UN human rights expert to assess the situation of migrants
in Australia
GENEVA (22 September 2014) – The United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit
Australia from 27 September to 9 October 2015 to assess the migration programmes,
policies and laws developed by the Australian authorities in recent years.
“Understanding how Australia manages its overall migration
policies, and their impact on the human rights of migrants, will be an
essential part of my visit,’’ Mr. Crépeau said announcing his first
information-gathering visit to the country.
During his 13-day visit to Australia, the independent expert
will meet with a range of government officials responsible for border
management, civil society, trade unions, the Australian National Human Rights
Commission, international organisations, and migrants themselves, to discuss
the complex management of Australia’s borders.
The Special Rapporteur will carry out his meetings in
Canberra, Melbourne, Darwin and Sydney, as well as in detention centres.
At the end of the mission, the UN Special Rapporteur will
share his preliminary conclusions at a press conference on 9 October 2015 at
11:30am, at the UN Information Centre,
Level 1, 7 National Circuit Barton, Canberra. Access to the press conference is
strictly limited to journalists.
The country mission report will be presented to the UN Human
Rights Council in June 2016.
ENDS
Mr. François Crépeau (Canada) was appointed Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants in June 2011 by the UN Human Rights
Council, for an initial period of three years. As Special Rapporteur, he is
independent from any government or organization and serves in his individual
capacity. Mr. Crépeau is also Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of McGill
University, in Montréal, where he holds the Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in
Public International Law and is scientific director of the Centre for Human
Rights and Legal Pluralism. Learn more, log on to:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Migration/SRMigrants/Pages/SRMigrantsIndex.aspx
The Special Rapporteurs are part of what is known as the
Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the largest
body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name
of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that
address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of
the world. Special Procedures’ experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not
UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They are independent from
any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.
Read the International Convention for the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CMW.aspx
UN Human Rights, Country Page – Australia:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/ENACARegion/Pages/ITIndex.aspx
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9383 / xcelaya@ohchr.org)
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