Human Rights Overboard

Seeking Asylum in Australia

Linda Briskman, Chris Goddard, Chris Goddard

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Scribe Publications
01 September 2008

History: specific events & topics; Refugees & political asylum; Migration, immigration & emigration; Central government policies; Human rights; Australian Society

In 2005, in the wake of the Cornelia Rau scandal, a citizen's inquiry was established to bear witness to events in Australian immigration-detention facilities. Until then, the federal government had refused to conduct a broad-ranging investigation into immigration detention in Australia, and the operations within detention centres had been largely shrouded in official secrecy. The People's Inquiry into Detention (as it came to be called) heard heartbreaking evidence about asylum-seekers' journeys to Australia, their detention process, life in detention, and life after detention. In total, around 200 people testified to the inquiry, and a similar number of written submissions were received.

Human Rights Overboard draws together, for the first time, the oral testimony and written submissions from the inquiry in a powerful and vital book that stands as an indelible record of one of Australia's bleakest legacies.

Clearly and comprehensively presented, the book is a haunting journey guided by voices from every side of the fence- former immigration detainees, refugee advocates, lawyers, doctors, psychiatrists, and former detention and immigration staff. Together, their stories bear testimony to a humanitarian disaster that Australia caused, and that must be remembered so that it never happens again.

With a foreword by prominent humanitarian lawyer Julian Burnside, Human Rights Overboard is an essential book that will resonate with the Australian public and, indeed, the world, for years to come.

By: Linda Briskman, Chris Goddard, Chris Goddard
Imprint: Scribe Publications
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781921372407
ISBN 10: 1921372400
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 September 2008
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Human Rights Overboard: Seeking Asylum in Australia

Human Rights Overboard is an important and moving book which deserves to be widely read and discussed. -- John Rutherford, Law Institute of Victoria This book reveals and confirms, in detail, all the fears you may have held about immigration detention in Australia over the past 15 years. -- Jeremy Adair, Civil Liberty Human Rights Overboard is an important and moving book which deserves to be widely read and discussed. -- John Rutherford, Law Institute of Victoria The verdict, frankly, is nothing short of horrific. This book reveals something systematically rotten. Not isolated incidents, but a repressive structure ... The information gathered is so compelling, so relentless, and derived from so many diverse accounts in different parts of Australia, that accusations of bias must be crushed under its weight. -- Waleed Aly, Australian Literary Review There are heartbreaking stories of suffering on the journey to Australia, and even more heartbreak in the detention centres. Whatever your position on refugees, read this book. Engrossing and harrowing. -- Ian Nichols, West Australian This is a profoundly important book . . . It is not only an epitaph for the Howard government: it is also a caution to future generations. --Julian Burnside, Queen's Counsel