168 Information extracted from the PIDC DCC Minutes August 2023 provided to the Commission by the Department on 14 July 2024. 169 United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Noncustodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules), A/C.3/65/L.5 (21 December 2010), Rule 6(c). 170 Ibid, Rule 6(e). 171 Department of Health and Ageing, About ear health (14 May 2024). <https://www.health.gov.au/topics/earhealth/about#:~:text=In%20Australia%3A,can%20result%20in%20hearing%20loss>. 172 Western Australian Inspector of Custodial Services, People in custody with a hearing impairment (October 2023), 2. <https://www.oics.wa.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Hearing-Impairment-Review-FINAL.pdf>. 173 Ibid, 16. 174 United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), A/RES/70/175 (8 January 2016), Rule 18(2). 175 Information extracted from the BRP DCC Minutes April and November 2023 provided to the Commission by the Department on 4 July 2024; Information extracted from the VIDC DCC Minutes March 2024 provided to the Commission by the Department on 14 July 2024; Information extracted from the PIDC DCC Minutes July and November 2023 provided to the Commission by the Department on 14 July 2024. 176 Queensland Corrective Services, Prisoner Entitlements, Prisoner Purchases (14 September 2023). 6. <https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/ckan-publications-attachments-prod/resources/5b10a100-351d-4b90aafc-b177bf610b0e/prisoner-purchasing_redacted.pdf?ETag=860b88a26cab378d8f2fa56fae4857d2>. 177 Ibid, 6. 178 Australian Human Rights Commission, Risk Management in Immigration Detention (2019), 43. <https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/ahrc_risk_management_immigration_ detention_2019.pdf>. 179 Department of Home Affairs, 2022-23 Annual Report (2023), 58. <https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reportsand-pubs/Annualreports/home-affairs-annual-report-2022-23.pdf>. 180 Data derived from information provided to the Commission by the Department on 4 June 2024. 181 United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules), A/RES/70/175 (8 January 2016), Rule 11(a). 182 United Nations Human Rights Council, Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 14 July 2023, 53/27. Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and girls in criminal justice detention, A/HRC/RES/53/27 (24 July 2023), 5 (i). 183 United Nations Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 28 Article 3 (The equality of rights between men and women), CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.10 (29 March 2000), para 15. 184 United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General recommendation No. 32 on the gender-related dimensions of refugee status, asylum, nationality and statelessness of women, CEDAW/C/GC/32 (14 November 2014), para 34. 185 United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Prevention of torture and ill-treatment of women deprived of their liberty, CAT/OP/27/1 (18 January 2016), para 43. 186 Australian Human Rights Commission, Human rights standards for immigration detention (April 2013), Standard 17.1, 42. <https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/HR_standards_ immigration_detention.pdf>. 187 Commonwealth Ombudsman, Monitoring Commonwealth Places of Detention: Annual Report of the Commonwealth National Preventive Mechanism under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) 1 July 2021 – 30 June 2022 (2023), 28. <https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/ pdf_file/0022/290137/Commonwealth-NPM-Report.pdf>. 188 Commonwealth Ombudsman. Access All Areas: Monitoring Places of Detention 2022-23 6th Report of the Commonwealth National Preventive Mechanism (May 2024), 27. <https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/ assets/pdf_file/0010/304102/Commonwealth-NPM-Annual-Report-2022-23.pdf>. 189 Data derived from information provided to the Commission by the Department on 14 June 2024. 90 Not just an afterthoughtThe experience of women in immigration detention