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The focal issue of this argument is when an Asylum Seeker arrives in Australia without a visa, they are required to stay in detention well beyond the period of time it should take to gather basic information about an asylum claim, health identity or security issues. This can lead to an asylum seeker often being detained for months and sometimes for years. Under the Migration Act (Cth.) 1958 there is no time limit on this detention and only very limited review by the courts is available. The ‘United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty’, rule 11 (b) (UNHCR) considers ‘detention as; confinement within a narrowly bounded or restricted location, where freedom of movement is substantially curtailed, and where the only opportunity

(Human Rights Law Centre, 2011). It is stated that immigration detention is not used to punish people, but instead it is administrative function whereby those people do not have a valid visa were detained and assessed and if proven to be legal they have a rights to stay and if not they will be immediately removed from the country. The concern is to reconcile what the requirements of the UN and those of the Migration Act.

The prominence in relation to Asylum Seekers and Refugees has become a contemporary issue within Australian society and has amounted vast controversy in the media. A Refugee can be defined as a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster as found in the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees, in which Australia is a signatory to. Every refugee has or will be an asylum seeker. An Asylum Seeker is a person who has left their home country as a political refugee seeking asylum in another but has not had their claim assessed. Asylum seekers have experienced serious breaches of their rights, religious freedom and justice to reach safety. If asylum seekers are found to be

Member states are prohibited from engaging in scare tactics against asylum seekers. Those scare tactics may take the form of letters or advertisements that state the probability of gaining asylum for a certain profile of perople is very unlikely, and their forced deportation decisions are very fast. Moreover, detention and purposeful delay of docuents, decisions, and procedures of said profile of people is also considered a scare tactic. In the case of minors, even the implication of deportation and removal without first assessing the application is prohibited. The offerring of money to leave the territory of the member state is also prohibited.

Australia, among many places, has legal restrictions and conventions in reference to the captivity and treatment of asylum seekers. These are seen through the ‘1951 Refugee Convention’ and it’s 1967 protocol. Legal guidelines are also seen in significant human rights treaties.

the United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty guidelines issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, including the Revised Guidelines on Applicable Criteria and Standards Relating to the Detention of Asylum

This paper is a comparison of the lives of two influential statesmen in western culture, one British and the other American. Great Britain and the United States have had a long and sometimes complicated relationship throughout history.

The asylum seeker “debate” is a contentious topic in Australian media. According to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is considered an inherent right for every individual worldwide, “to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution” (United Nations, 2014). Article 14 is listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is accepted by many nations as the international standard of basic human rights and liberties. This report will assess the extent of Australia’s violation of these international standards, and consider their national approach to the treatment of refugees and individuals seeking asylum. It will provide evidence to expose the inconsistencies in Australia’s human rights commitments under international

The controversial issue in question is whether or not the UK is in need of a codified constitution. The absence of a written constitution is 'peculiar ' in Europe , the UK is said to have a complex and comprehensive system of government which regulates the country. The purpose of this essay is to examine the present features of the UK 's unwritten constitution in contrast with other European codified constitutions , an argument as to whether the United Kingdom is in need of a codified constitution will be formulated. This will be done by exploring the benefits and drawbacks of the United Kingdom adopting a codified constitution , and in what way has the existing uncodified constitution served the UK.

Diplomatic immunity is a problem within our criminal justice system. The problem with diplomatic immunity is that someone with diplomatic immunity can commit a crime in another country and not get punished justly for it. It doesn’t seem fair that someone with diplomatic immunity can commit a crime in another country and not be punished by that country, but instead by their own country and by their laws. It is my belief that diplomatic immunity should not exist. To me, it doesn’t matter who you are, if you commit a crime in another country you should be punished in that country and by their laws. I, however, am willing to stay objective about the topic so I can determine if it really is a problem.

As the Hollywood plot unveiled, Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, took sides with Edward Snowden to help him find asylum. Assange and his team have started negotiations with Icelandic and Ecuadorian governments for the political asylum that Snowden pursues . Julian Assange himself lives under political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since mid-2012, explained that Snowden had contacted them for

In Thurs night, Britain's Minister involving Talk about regarding Foreign in addition to Earth Matters Hugo Swire named your harbouring involving Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy an "abuse involving diplomatic relations" plus a "growing stain" with Ecuador's reputation.

Edward Snowden’s in Brazil supporters gave the Foreign Ministry a concrete petition signed by over 1.1 million individuals advocating for the government of Dilma Rousseff to allow the US NSA (National Security Agency) whistle-blower asylum in their country.

With the inherent difficulties of bilateral mechanisms and implications of obligations, there has been an increasing resort to regional and possible universal regulation systems in the context of extradition. Notwithstanding important points, there are significant controversial arguments, divergences between regional and bilateral treaties which cover basically human rights aspect of extradition procedure. However, main regulations of current treaties play an important role to define the categories of extraditable offences, obligations of states and human rights aspect of extradition at international and regional level. As one of the first regional instruments for extradition, European Convention on Extradition signed in 1957 serves for harmonization of extradition relations and development of mutual assistance amongst European states. Under this regional mechanism, states have to be more sensitive for human rights factor while extraditing suspects more than ever. Article 11 of the European Convention on Extradition which excludes extradition unless the requesting Party gives reasonable assurance that death penalty will not be executed. Furthermore, the fact that this convention is unable to limit the political application of political crimes which opens opportunities to abuse by subjects. The European Union Members achieved to tackle this problem by signing the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism which entered into force in 1977. Outside

The United Kingdom (UK) is one of the largest economies in Europe ranked at position 13 of the freest economies globally in 2015. The country recorded a GDP of 2.67817 trillion dollars in 2014 with an average annual GDP growth rate of 2.8% in the last five years. The World Bank ranked UK in 10th position as the best place to do business in 2014 based on its high regulations, robust business policies, highly skilled workforce, investors’ protection, developed infrastructure, and political stability. Since it is a member of the European Union (EU), the country presents an opportunity for the company to access more than 500 million consumers in the European market. This study recommends the establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom to improve profitability and productivity.