Human rights in Papua New Guinea: is this where we should be settling refugees?

Gerber, P.; Wilkinson, C.; Langlois, A.; Offord, Baden

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Gerber, P.

Wilkinson, C.

Langlois, A.

Offord, Baden

Date

2016

Type

Journal Article

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Gerber, P. and Wilkinson, C. and Langlois, A. and Offord, B. 2016. Human rights in Papua New Guinea: is this where we should be settling refugees? Australian Journal of Human Rights. 22 (1): pp. 27-66.

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Australian Journal of Human Rights

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ISSN

1323-238X

School

Centre for Human Rights Education

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36239

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Australia has had a long, and at times tumultuous, relationship with our nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea. This relationship took a twist in late 2012, with the re-opening of the off-shore processing centre on Manus Island, and again in February 2014, when Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati was murdered by locals during a violent disturbance at the centre. The latest test of the strength and endurance of the relationship between PNG and Australia came in April 2016, when the PNG Supreme Court ruled that the detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island breached the right to personal liberty in the PNG constitution. This article provides much-needed insight into the human rights situation in PNG, and makes recommendations regarding the prospect of resettling refugees in that country.