UN rights expert to assess situation of migrants in
Australia and off-shore detention centres in Nauru
GENEVA (31 October 2016) – The United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit
Australia from 1 to 18 November 2016 to
assess the migration programmes, policies and laws developed by the Australian
authorities in recent years.
“This is an opportunity
for me to understand how Australia manages its overall migration
policies, and their impact on the human rights of migrants,’’ Mr. Crépeau said
announcing his first information-gathering mission to the country following the
postponement of his visit last year.
During his 18-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.
Mr. Crépeau will carry out his meetings in Canberra,
Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, and in on-shore detention centres and
the off-shore detention centres in the neighbouring island Republic of Nauru.
At the end of the mission, the UN Special Rapporteur will
share his preliminary conclusions at a press conference on 18 November 2016 at
10:30am, 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 2017.
ENDS
Mr. François Crépeau (Canada) was appointed Special
Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants in June 2011 by the UN Human Rights
Council.. 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
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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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