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Communicable Diseases Network Australia, CDNA
National Guidelines for COVID-19 Outbreaks in
Correctional and Detention Facilities, Version 5
(24 June 2022), 6 <https://www.health.gov.au/sites/
default/files/documents/2022/07/cdna-nationalguidelines-for-covid-19-outbreaks-in-correctionaland-detention-facilities.pdf>.
Australian Human Rights Commission, Management
of COVID-19 risks in immigration detention (2021),
39 <https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/
document/publication/ahrc_covid-19_immigration_
detention_2021.pdf>.
Commonwealth Ombudsman, Monitoring
Immigration Detention The Ombudsman’s Oversight
of Immigration Detention 1 July 2020 to 30 June
2021 (June 2022), 69 <https://www.ombudsman.gov.
au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/115005/Monitoringimmigration-detention-report-July-2020-to-June-2021.
pdf>.
Australian Human Rights Commission, Inspection
of Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre:
Report — 16–18 May 2017 (2017), 27–28 <https://
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publication/17.12.XX%20YHIDC%20inspection%20
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Australian Human Rights Commission, Inspections
of Australia’s immigration detention facilities 2019
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gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/
ahrc_immigration_detention_inspections_2019_.pdf>.
Australian Human Rights Commission, Inspections
of Australia’s immigration detention facilities 2019
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gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/
ahrc_immigration_detention_inspections_2019_.pdf>.
Australian Human Rights Commission, Inspections
of Australia’s immigration detention facilities 2019
Report (December 2020), 140 <https://humanrights.
gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/
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Australian Human Rights Commission, Use of Force
in Immigration Detention (2019), 246 <https://
humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/
publication/2019_aushrc_130.pdf>; see also
Australian Human Rights Commission, The Australian
Federal Police’s review on its use of spit hoods
(17 February 2023) <https://humanrights.gov.au/
sites/default/files/afp_spit_hood_internal_review_
submission_17_february_2023_0.pdf>; Australian
Human Rights Commission, Current issues in prison
management, Submission to United Nations Special
Rapporteur on Torture (16 November 2023) <https://
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submission_to_the_united_nations_special_
rapporteur_on_torture_002_0.pdf>.
98 Statutes Amendment (Spit Hood Prohibition) Act 2021
(SA) ); Detention Legislation Amendment (Prohibition on
Spit Hoods) Bill 2024 (NSW).
99 Australian Federal Police, Media Statement (14 April
2023) <https://www.afp.gov.au/news-centre/mediarelease/media-statement-0>.
100 United Nations General Assembly, Interim report of
the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
Alice Jill Edwards, II. Global trade in equipment
that can inflict torture and other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment: a call for
international regulation (A/78/324) (24 August 2023)
[45] <https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/
GEN/N23/249/47/PDF/N2324947.pdf?OpenElement>.
101 United Nations General Assembly, Interim report of
the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
Alice Jill Edwards, Annex 1 (A/78/324) (24 August
2023) [7] <https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/
documents/issues/torture/sr/annex-i-documentaugust-2023-ae-18-09-23.pdf>.
102 United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for
Human Rights, Experts of the Committee against
Torture Commend Australia’s Comprehensive
Responses and Statistical Data, Raise Questions on
High Imprisonment Rates and Immigration Detention
Policies (16 November 2022) <https://www.ohchr.org/
en/news/2022/11/experts-committee-against-torturecommend-australias-comprehensive-responsesand>.
103 United Nations Committee Against Torture,
Concluding observations on the sixth periodic
report of Australia (CAT/C/AUS/CO/6) (5 December
2022) [14] <https://docstore.ohchr.org/SelfServices/
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104 Parliament of Australia, Senate Standing Committee
on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Supplementary
Estimates February 2023, SE23-543 – Immigration
Detention – Use of Spit Hood Restraint (31 March
2023) <https://www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/downloada
ttachment?attachmentId=74196be5-0f1e-41af-92197fd16626df73>.