A last resort?
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
How to obtain a copy of the report
The Report on the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention is available in several formats.
- The report, media kit, summary guide and education resources are available online at: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention_report
Downloads:
The Commission has made the report and summary guide available for download in PDF format:
- A last resort?
The report of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
in
PDF format (6.59MB) - A last resort?
Summary Guide in PDF format (1.05MB)
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or to download Acrobat Reader visit the Adobe
Web site.
If you require assistance with
downloading these resorces please email:
webfeedback@humanrights.gov.au.
Ordering Hard Copies
Hard copies of the report are available from the HREOC Publications Unit:
- Hard copy version of A last resort? - The report of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
- Hard copy version of the Summary Guide to the National Inquiry (sorry - out of print)
- CD-ROM version of the Report (sorry - out of print)
The CD-Rom version includes the full-text of the report, plus the Media Pack and Summary Guide.
Download the Publications Order Form to order your copy
The Publications Order Form is available here in 
Word
Format and PDF
Format. All prices include GST.
Contact the Publications Unit
Alternatively, contact the HREOC Publications Unit via the Publications Homepage, on Tel: 02 9284 9672 or via email: publications@humanrights.gov.au for further information on ordering your copy of the report.
Copyright
The Report on the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention and the community guide are subject to copyright. If any material is published or reproduced from the report or the community guide in any way it needs to be acknowledged to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
A small number of drawings and a poem were submitted
to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention during
visits to immigration detention centres and in focus groups. The Commission
has made these available for publication or reproduction on its website
at
www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/submissions/artwork/
Again, if any of this material is published or reproduced it needs to be acknowledged to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
Confidentiality and Privacy
There are a number of directions to protect the privacy, security of employment and human rights of people assisting or otherwise involved in the subject of this Inquiry. In summary, the directions are:
- That the identity of asylum seekers1 giving evidence, producing information or documents, or making submissions to this Inquiry (or proposing to do such things) is not to be disclosed;
- That the identity of all other persons giving evidence, producing information or documents, and making submissions to this Inquiry (or proposing to do such things) who request anonymity is not to be disclosed; and
- That evidence or information produced to the inquiry is not to be published in a way that identifies or could identify any individual.
The directions also prevent publication of material such as photographs that would disclose the identity of a person in the above categories. Please note that it is an offence under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Act to contravene these directions.
The Commission has made available as much material as possible in an authorised form that will avoid identification of people subject to these orders.
Information about these orders, including the reasons for them, can be found on the Commission’s website at: www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention/privacy.html.
