Authority: Supreme Court of Justice of Papua New Guinea

Date: 04/26/2016

Subject: The decision of the Supreme Court of Justice of Papua New Guinea deemed unlawful the detention of asylum seekers in the Australian immigration detention and offshore asylum processing centre, created after the Agreements subscribed by the two Governments on Manus island in Papua New Guinea (Manus Island Processing Centre - “MIPC”), for the violation of the right to personal liberty, as provided for by the State Constitution

Parties: Belden Norman Namah, MP Leader of the Opposition v. Hon. Rimbink Pato, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Immigration, National Executive Council and the Indipendent State of Papua New Guinea

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 18 Right to asylum

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