Recommendations
Recommendation 1
8.26 The committee recommends that the Australian
Government ensure an adequate and effective investigation into the criminal
assaults perpetrated against individuals detained at the Manus Island Regional
Processing Centre during the events of 16 to 18 February 2014, including by
assisting the Papua New Guinea authorities in any ongoing investigations and
facilitating the taking of witness testimony from individuals present at the
incident who are now in Australian territory.
Recommendation 2
8.35 The committee recommends that the Australian
Government acknowledge its responsibility to respect, protect and fulfil the
human rights of individuals detained at the Manus Island Regional Processing
Centre.
Recommendation 3
8.39 The committee recommends that, in accordance with
the right to an effective remedy and right to health in international human
rights law, the Australian Government:
- acknowledge
and take responsibility for violations of human rights in relation to the incident
at the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre from 16 to 18 February 2014; and
- provide
compensation to those who have suffered human rights violations, including to
Mr Reza Barati's family and to asylum seekers who were injured during the
incident.
Recommendation 4
8.40 The committee recommends that the Australian
Government ensure that all asylum seekers injured in the violence at the Manus
Island Regional Processing Centre from 16 to 18 February 2014 receive adequate
professional assistance, including medical treatment, full rehabilitation and
mental health services, as well as independent legal advice.
Recommendation 5
8.49 The committee recommends that, in the interests
of transparency and accountability, the governments of Australia and Papua New
Guinea take measures to facilitate appropriate access to the Manus Island
Regional Processing Centre, including:
- allowing
United Nations representatives full access to the centre and transferees;
- permitting
qualified lawyers, including lawyers certified to practice in Australia, access
to the centre in order to meet with transferees and provide legal assistance;
- allowing
the Australian Human Rights Commission to regularly inspect the centre and meet
with centre staff and transferees; and
- permitting
journalists to visit the centre and speak freely with centre staff and
transferees.
Recommendation
6
8.52 The
committee recommends that Transfield Services and the Australian Government
ensure that service provider staff employed at the Manus Island Regional
Processing Centre be provided with sufficient workplace training to perform
their roles, in line with the standards applicable to employees working in
detention environments in Australia, and accounting for the particular
difficulties associated with working in remote conditions.
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