Submissions & Publications
RILC produces reports and submissions for a wide range of policy forums.
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RILC have prepared a Briefing Paper to Mr. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees on his visit to Australia in February 2009: Key Refugee and Asylum Seeker Issues in Australia .
Draft UNHCR Round Table briefing paper Feb 2009 (111 KB)
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration Inquiry into Immigration Detention
The Standing Committee on Detention (173 KB)
UNHCR Unchartered Waters (514 KB)
Submission of the Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre Inc. to the Citizenship Test Review Committee
Submission to citizenship review (116 KB)
Post-Palmer of the Immigration Department:progress and pittalls
Chapter yearning… (812 KB)
Speech by David Manne, Co-ordinator of the Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre, for the Inaugural Australian CPD Immigration Law Conference – Post-Palmer reform of the Department of Immigration
Speech for immigration law conference (93 KB)
Speech by David Manne for Castan Centre for Human Rights Law: “Boatloads of Extinguishment? Forum on the proposed offshore processing of “Boat People” (5 May 2006)
Castan law centre (94 KB)
Article for Amnesty International regarding West Papuan refugees and recent asylum law changes, 28 April 2006.
Article for Amnesty International re West Papuan Refugees and recent asylum law (14 KB)
Discussion Paper "Recent developments and future directions", August 2005.
Discussion Paper – Recent developments and future directions (37 KB)
Stowaways’ rights to seek asylum are being denied, argues David Manne.
FOUNDERING JUSTICE... (52 KB)
Excision crosses ethical border
Opinion piece for Courier Mail (Brisbane) by David Manne, November 2003 (24 KB)
Federal Government Attempts to Downgrade Australia's Commitment to Refugees, September 2001.
Refugee And Immigration Legal Centre (31 KB)
Rilc Response To Proposed Legislative Changes (78 KB)
Speech by David Manne for Castan Centre for Human Rights Law (128 KB)
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Migration Legislation Amendment (Procedural Fairness) Bill 2002 & Migration Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2002
Submission - Bill 2002 (79 KB)
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Migration Legislation Amendment (Migration Agents Integrity Measures) Bill 2003
Submission - Bill 2003 (59 KB)
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Migration Legislation Amendment (Judicial Review) Bill 2004
Submission - Bill 2004 (72 KB)
Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into the Migration Litigation Reform Bill 2005.
Submission - Bill 2005 (85 KB)
Submission concerning Article 31 of the Refugee Convention- "Non-penalisation, detention and protection", November 2001
Submission Conc Erning Article 31 Of The Refugee Convention (104 KB)
Submission On Family Unity And Refugee Protection (46 KB)
Submission to the Migration Litigation Review, December 2003
Submission to the Migration Litigation Review (63 KB)
Submission to the Sen Legal & CA Affairs Cee Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Complimentary Pro (97 KB)
RILC submission on the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Test Review and other measures) (0 KB)
Submission on Migration Amendment (Detention Reform) Bill 2009 (233 KB)
