Authority: High Court (Australia)

Date: 01/28/2015

Subject: The High Court of Australia deemed legitimate, according to the Marine Powers Act 2013, the detention, on a ship which patrolled the borders, of asylum seekers, who had been intercepted in the adjacent sea zone, in order to take them in a State other from Australia (in the specific case in India), even without any guarantee of fair trial

Parties: CPCF v. Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 18 Right to asylum - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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