failings in the child protection and youth
detention systems of the Government of the Northern Territory;
The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT (AMSANT) is one of three peak NT Aboriginal organisations to have expressed bitter disappointment about the terms of reference and composition of the Royal Commission into the Child Protection and Youth
Detention Systems of the Government of the NT.
Not exact matches
He put the
government arguments against the comparability
of other country's
detention systems under a lot
of scrutiny and found them lacking, not least
of all because the
government has conducted no research on the subject.
She highlighted the deaths
of 11 detainees in 2017 and argued that «the torment faced by many individuals in the
government's immigration
detention system runs counter to this country's proudest traditions».
When the high court found the
government's fast - track
detention programme was illegal last year, Mr Justice Ouseley highlighted the failure
of legal accountability the
system entailed.
On - topic questions included the timing
of the effectiveness
of the laws signed today and when ICE will close it's office on Rikers Island, how many people currently on Rikers Island will be covered by these laws, details
of Carlos Rodriguez (who was held on Rikers Island for eight months on an ICE detainer) path to this country and his thoughts during his eight month
detention, what Mayor de Blasio would like to see the federal
government do about immigration and what he will do absent such action, what he would tell Republicans who think his approach is a dangerous precedent, de Blasio and Melissa Mark - Viverito's positions on municipal IDs and voting rights for non-citizens, the number
of people arrested on misdemeanors and then subject to ICE detainers and whether persons arrested on felony charges must first go through the justice
system before being subject to an ICE detainer.
The
system allows the
government to designate foreign residents
of Canada who are suspected
of terrorism as inadmissible to Canada and can allow for their
detention.
The Lowitja Institute welcomes the swift action by the Federal
Government in announcing a Royal Commission into Northern Territory juvenile
detention in response to the brutal treatment
of children detained in the Northern Territory criminal justice
system, aired in the ABC Four Corners program on Monday 25 July.
«By ratifying OPCAT, the Australian
Government is committing to establish a national, independent
system for inspecting all Australian places
of detention.
«The Australian
Government must immediately launch an investigation into the NT youth
detention system, and take action to prevent the abuse
of children in youth
detention across Australia,» the statement said.
work with the
government to advance ratification
of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the establishment
of a national
system of regular inspections
of all places
of detention (as required under the Protocol)
Reconciliation Australia welcomes the Prime Minister's announcement this morning
of a joint Royal Commission with the Northern Territory
Government into the NT juvenile
detention system.