An investigation by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee into the criminal assaults perpetrated against individuals detained at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre during the events of 16 to 18 February 2014. Referral of the inquiry On 5 March 2014, the Senate referred the following matter to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs...

No single party was directly to blame for the two nights of violence that led to the death of the Iranian asylum seeker Reza Barati at Manus detention centre, according to a long-awaited government-commissioned review. The Cornall review, which places significant emphasis on the conduct of asylum seekers in the runup to the unrest, took...

Abstract: There appears to have been little or no effort by the Australian and Papua New Guinean governments to address the recommendations in Amnesty International’s December 2013 report, This is Breaking People. The primary concerns around arbitrary and indefinite detention and lack of clear plans for processing and resettlement of asylum seekers remain unaddressed and...

The president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, claims asylum seekers in the Manus Island detention centre are Australia's responsibility.

This report argues that asylum seekers detained at Australia's asylum seeker processing centre on Manus Island experience degrading conditions and serious human rights violations. Introduction and summary Fleeing war, chilling acts of torture, threats of death, or profound discrimination, many asylum seekers make the desperate decision to undertake a perilous ocean voyage from Indonesia and...