Complaints upheld against Australia
Since Australia first joined the individual complaints determination processes at the UN, there have been 65* cases in which human rights violations by Australia have been found.
| CAT | CRPD | ICCPR | ICERD | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unremedied | 7 | 6 | 30 * | 0 | 43 |
| Partially remedied | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| Remedied | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 7 | 9 | 48 | 1 | 65 |
* Shams et al is 8 separate communications decided jointly due to their similarity and concurrence.
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- A v Australia
- A.K. et al. v Australia
- A.S. v Australia
- Baban v Australia
- Bakhtiyari & Bakhtiyari v Australia
- Beasley v Australia
- Billy et al. v Australia
- Blessington & Elliot v Australia
- Brough v Australia
- C v Australia
- Cabal & Pasini v Australia
- Campbell v Australia
- Chun Rong v Australia
- Coleman v Australia
- D & E and their two children v Australia
- Dewage v Australia
- Doolan v Australia
- Dudko v Australia
- Elmi v Australia
- FJ et al v Australia
- FKAG et al v Australia
- Fardon v Australia
- Faure v Australia
- G v Australia
- Given v Australia
- Gnaneswaran v Australia
- Griffiths v Australia
- H.K. v Australia
- Hagan v Australia
- Henley v Australia
- Hicks v Australia
- Horvath v Australia
- J.S. v Australia
- JH v Australia
- Kwok v Australia
- Leghaei et al. v Australia
- Leo v Australia
- Lockrey v Australia
- M.K.M. v Australia
- MGC v Australia
- MMM et al v Australia
- Madafferi & Madafferi v Australia
- Nasir v Australia
- Noble v Australia
- Nystrom v Australia
- Rogerson v Australia
- Roy v Australia
- S. v Australia
- S.L. v Australia
- Shafiq v Australia
- Shams et al v Australia
- Sherlock v Australia
- Thirugananasampanthar v Australia
- Tillman v Australia
- Toonen v Australia
- Winata & Li v Australia
- Young v Australia
- Z v Australia
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- Kwok v Australia
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- A v Australia
- A.K. et al. v Australia
- A.S. v Australia
- Baban v Australia
- Bakhtiyari & Bakhtiyari v Australia
- Beasley v Australia
- Blessington & Elliot v Australia
- Brough v Australia
- Chun Rong v Australia
- Coleman v Australia
- D & E and their two children v Australia
- Dewage v Australia
- Doolan v Australia
- Dudko v Australia
- Elmi v Australia
- FJ et al v Australia
- Faure v Australia
- G v Australia
- Given v Australia
- Gnaneswaran v Australia
- Griffiths v Australia
- H.K. v Australia
- Hicks v Australia
- JH v Australia
- Leghaei et al. v Australia
- Leo v Australia
- Lockrey v Australia
- M.K.M. v Australia
- MGC v Australia
- Nasir v Australia
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- S. v Australia
- S.L. v Australia
- Shams et al v Australia
- Thirugananasampanthar v Australia
- Z v Australia