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- European Court of Human Rights· 2026· European Court of Human Rightsadverse
K.A. v. Austria
Whether the applicant's detention as a person of unsound mind and the availability of judicial review of that detention satisfied the right to liberty and security.
human-rightsliberty-and-security - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2025adverse
CASE OF Z AND OTHERS v. FINLAND (no. 42758/23)
Whether Finland's measures violated the applicants' right to respect for private and family life.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Queensland, Australia· 2024· Queensland Parliamentadverselegislative reform
QLD Anti-Association Laws (Youth)
QLD introduced provisions allowing breach of bail for young people associating with co-offenders. Civil liberties groups challenge as effectively criminalising friendship.
civil-libertiestough-on-crimeyouth-justice - Australia (National)· 2024· UN Human Rights Counciladverseinquiry
UN Special Rapporteur Visit to Australia — Detention Conditions (2024)
International inspection of Australian detention facilities
detention-conditionshuman-rightsinternationalun - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2024adverse
CASE OF Y AND OTHERS v. SWITZERLAND (no. 9577/21)
Whether the applicants' expulsion to Albania would expose them to a real risk of treatment contrary to the right to life under Article 2 and the prohibition of torture under Article 3.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Australia (National)· 2024adverseHigh precedentreport
Federal Closing the Gap Target 11 Review 2024
closing-the-gapnationaloff-tracktarget-11 - Australia (National)· 2024· Productivity CommissionadverseHigh precedentreport
Closing the Gap Target 11 Annual Report (2024)
Aboriginal youth incarceration target off track
aboriginal-youthclosing-the-gapoff-tracktarget-11 - Northern Territory, Australia· 2024· NT Legislative AssemblyadverseHigh precedentlegislative reform
NT Lowers Age of Criminal Responsibility Back to 10
NT CLP government reversed raise to 12, lowering back to 10. Contradicts Don Dale Royal Commission. Condemned by UN, medical bodies.
age-of-responsibilityregressionyouth-justice - Australia (National)· 2023adversereport
SA Training Centre Visitor Report 2023
indigenous-overrepresentationisolationlockdownssa - Australia (National)· 2023adverseHigh precedentlegislation
QLD Youth Justice Amendment Act 2023
breach-of-bailindigenous-impactqldregression - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2023adverse
CASE OF W.A. AND OTHERS v. ITALY (no. 18787/17)
Whether the proposed expulsion of the applicants to Sudan would expose them to a real risk of treatment prohibited by Article 3 (the prohibition of torture).
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Queensland, Australia· 2023· QLD Parliamentadverselegislation
QLD Youth Justice Amendment Act 2023 — Electronic Monitoring
GPS tracking of children on bail
bailgps-monitoringqldsurveillance - Australia (National)· 2023adverselegislation
NSW Raise the Age Bill 2023 (Defeated)
defeatedindigenous-impactnswraise-the-age - Northern Territory, Australia· 2023· NT Legislative Assemblyadverselegislation
NT Youth Justice and Related Legislation Amendment Act 2023
Raising then lowering age of criminal responsibility
ntpolitical-reversalraise-the-age - Western Australia, Australia· 2023· Inspector of Custodial ServicesadverseHigh precedentinspection report
WA Inspector Report - Unit 18 Casuarina
Inspection of Unit 18 at Casuarina adult prison where children were held. Found conditions breached international obligations and domestic law.
adult-prisondetention-conditionsindigenous-rightsyouth-justice - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2022· European Court of Human Rightsadverse
CASE OF A.A. AND OTHERS v. NORTH MACEDONIA (no. 55798/16)
Whether the applicants' removal from North Macedonia constituted a collective expulsion prohibited by the Convention and whether they had an effective remedy to challenge that measure.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3article 4 prot 4 - Australia (National)· 2022adverseHigh precedentinquiry
WA Unit 18 Casuarina Inquiry 2022
banksia-hillchildren-in-adult-prisonun-interventionwa - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2022· European Court of Human Rightsadverse
CASE OF KHASANOV AND RAKHMANOV v. RUSSIA (no. 28492/15)
Whether the applicants' extradition to Kyrgyzstan would expose them to a real risk of treatment contrary to the prohibition of torture under Article 3.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 3 - Queensland, Australia· 2021· QLD ParliamentadverseHigh precedentlegislation
QLD Youth Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2021
Breach of bail as offence for children
breach-of-bailqueenslandregressionremand - Council of Europe (ECtHR)· 2020· European Court of Human Rightsadverse
CASE OF ASADY AND OTHERS v. SLOVAKIA (no. 24917/15)
Whether the applicants' removal would constitute a collective expulsion of aliens contrary to the prohibition on collective expulsion.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementarticle 4 prot 4