In an opening address to be delivered at the Human Rights Council 25th Session in Geneva on Thursday, Navi Pillay will say that the violence on Manus Island underscores the need to review the resettlement arrangements signed by Australia with Papua New Guinea and Nauru. The Senate on Wednesday agreed to establish its own inquiry into the violence and will enable detainees, staff and contractors to give evidence under parliamentary privilege. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has accused Immigration Minister Scott Morrison of trying to circumvent proper legal process for a second time with the new freeze on granting visas. The Minister is trying to be tricky with the law and now we have this ridiculous, chaotic mess, she said.When revoking the freeze in December, Mr Morrison denied it was a backtrack, saying the regulation was no longer necessary. Pamela Curr, from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, said the re-introduction of the freeze was in breach of all the promises to the international conventions that we have made in the last 50 years.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:12:16 +0000
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