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Human Rights Commission, Submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor:
Review of Counter-Terrorism and National Security Legislation (September 2012). At
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/review-counter-terrorism-and-national-security-legislation (viewed 13
October 2014).
101
Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee
on Intelligence and Security Inquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign
Fighters) Bill 2014 (2 October 2014) paras 35-36.
At
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/CounterTerrorism_Legislation_Amendment_Foreign_Fighters_Bill_2014/Submissions (viewed 10 October
2014).
102
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Advisory report on the CounterTerrorism Legislation Amendments (Foreign Fights) Bill 2014, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra,
2014, Recommendation 13, available online at:
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/CounterTerrorism_Legislation_Amendment_Foreign_Fighters_Bill_2014/Report1.
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Australian Bureau of Statistics, Personal Safety Survey 2012 (2013). At:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/4906.0Main%20Features12012?opendocum
ent&tabname=Summary&prodno=4906.0&issue=2012&num=&view=) (viewed 10 September 2014).
104
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Personal Safety Survey 2012 (2013). At:
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/4906.0Main%20Features12012?opendocum
ent&tabname=Summary&prodno=4906.0&issue=2012&num=&view=) (viewed 10 September 2014).
105
See A Ferrante et al., Measuring the Extent of Domestic violence (1996), p 34.
106
Victorian Government, Victoria’s Action Plan to Address Violence against Women and Children
2012-2015 (2012). At: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/about-the-department/plans,-programs-andprojects/plans-and-strategies/women/action-plan-to-address-violence-against-women-and-children
(viewed 10 October 2014).
107
A Morozow, ‘ACT women with disabilities offered way to escape domestic violence’ (ABC News, 5
August 2015). At http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-05/new-service-for-women-withdisabilities/5650490 (viewed 13 October 2014).
108
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the Coroner’s Court of Western Australia
Inquest into the death of Andrea Louise Pickett (25 June 2012) At:
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/legal/submissions_court/guidelines/Submissi
ons%2025%20June%202012%20(2).pdf (viewed 10 October 2014).
109
Australian Human Rights Commission, Review into the Treatment of Women in the Australian
Defence Force. At https://www.humanrights.gov.au/review-treatment-women-australian-defence-force
(viewed 13 October 2014).
110
This chapter is largely a summary of the Australian Human Rights Commission publication Asylum
Seekers, Refugees and Human Rights: Snapshot Report (2013). At
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/asylum-seekers-refugees-and-human-rights-snapshotreport (viewed 16 October 2014).
111
Al-Kateb v Godwin (2004) 219 CLR 562.
112
Plaintiff S4/2014 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2014] HCA 34 (11 September
2014).
113
Migration Act 1958 (Cth), ss 189, 196.
114
See Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 4AA.
115
For all materials relating to the inquiry see: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/national-inquirychildren-immigration-detention-index.
116
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, opened for signature 16
December 1966, 993 UNTS 3 (entered into force 3 Jan 1976).
117
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No 18: Article 6 of the
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN Doc E/C.12/GC/18 (2005), para 31. At
http://tb.ohchr.org/default.aspx?Symbol=E/C.12/GC/18 (viewed 1 October 2013).
118
See P Mathew, Reworking the Relationship between Asylum and Employment (2012), p 117. Note
that in this type of situation, the right to an adequate standard of living in article 11(1) of the ICESCR
may also be engaged.
119
Refugee Convention, art 33.
120
ICESCR, art 12.
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