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Jurisprudence

CCPR - Australia

Complete list of decisions

Case NameComm NumberDateArticlesOutcome
J.L. v. Australia491/199228 July 1992 Inadmissible
A.S. and L.S. v. Australia490/199230 March 1993 Inadmissible
K.L.B.-W. v. Australia499/199230 March 1993 Inadmissible
Toonen v. Australia488/199230 March 19942(1), 17(1), 26Violation
Perera v. Australia536/199328 March 199514Inadmissible
X. v. Australia557/199316 July 1996 Inadmissible
B.L. v. Australia659/199508 November 1996 Inadmissible
Jarman v. Australia700/199608 November 1996 Inadmissible
Werenbeck v. Australia579/199427 March 1997 Inadmissible
A. v. Australia560/199303 April 19979(1, 4, 5), 14(1)Violation
A.R.J. v. Australia692/199628 July 19976(1,2), 7, 14(1, 3)No Violation
G.T. v. Australia706/199604 November 19972(1), 6, 7, 9No Violation
Lindon v. Australia646/199520 October 1998 Inadmissible
Lamagna v. Australia737/199707 April 1999 Inadmissible
Pasla v. Australia751/199707 April 1999 Inadmissible
Y. v. Australia772/199717 July 2000 Inadmissible
Hart v. Australia947/200025 October 2000 Inadmissible
Jensen v. Australia762/199722 March 20017, 10(3)Inadmissible
Uebergang v. Australia963/200122 March 20019(5), 14(6)Inadmissible
C. v. Australia832/199825 July 2001 Inadmissible
Winata v. Australia930/200026 July 200117, 23(1), 24(1)Violation
Irving v. Australia880/199901 April 2002 Inadmissible
Mankarious v. Australia1065/200201 April 2002 Inadmissible
Rogerson v. Australia802/199803 April 200214 (3a,b,c,g), 15(1)Violation
Hesse v. Australia1087/200215 July 2002 Inadmissible
C. v. Australia900/199928 October 20027,9(1),(4)Violation
Collins v. Australia881/199929 October 2002 Inadmissible
Love et. al. v. Australia983/200125 March 200326No Violation
Dixit v. Australia978/200128 March 2003 Inadmissible
Shukuru Juma v. Australia984/200128 July 200314 (3f,5)Inadmissible
Young v. Australia941/200006 August 200326Violation
Baban et al. v. Australia1014/200106 August 20039(1, 4), 19(3)Violation
Cabal and Pasini v. Australia1020/200107 August 20037, 10(1, 2a)Violation
Bakhtiyari v. Australia1069/200229 October 20037, 9(1, 4), 17(1), 23(1), 24(1)Violation
Nicholas v. Australia1080/200219 March 200415(1)No Violation
Lovell v. Australia920/200024 March 200414(5), 19(2, 3)No Violation
Wilson v. Australia1239/200401 April 20041, 14(1)Inadmissible
Laing v. Australia901/199909 July 2004 Inadmissible
Madafferi v. Australia1011/200126 July 20047, 9, 9(1), 10(1), 12(4), 17, 17(1), 23, 24(1)Violation
Minogue v. Australia954/200002 November 200410(2a), 50Inadmissible
Karawa v. Australia1127/200221 July 2005 Inadmissible
Chung v. Australia1336/200425 July 2005 Inadmissible
Burgess v. Australia1012/200121 October 2005 Inadmissible
Faure v. Australia1036/200131 October 20052(3), 8Violation
Brough v. Australia1184/200317 March 20067, 10, 10(1, 2b, 3), 24(1)Violation
D. and E. v. Australia1050/200211 July 20069(1)Violation
Coleman v. Australia1157/200317 July 200619(2, 3)Violation
Lim v. Australia1175/200325 July 2006 Inadmissible
Dranichnikov v. Australia1291/200420 October 200614(1)No Violation
Masaharu et al. v. Australia1154/200331 October 2006 Inadmissible
Shafiq v. Australia1324/200431 October 20069, 9(1, 4)Violation
Anderson v. Australia1367/200531 October 20062, 2(3a,b), 14(6)Inadmissible
Shams et al. v. Australia1255, 1256, 1259,1260, 1266, 1268, 1270,1288/200420 July 20072(3), 9(1,4)Violation
Dudko v. Australia1347/200523 July 200714(1)Violation
A., B., C., D. and E. v. Australia1429/200501 April 20087, 9Inadmissible
Kwok v. Australia 1442/2005 23 October 20096, 7, 9(1) Violation
Tillman v. Australia1635/200718 March 20102(3)(a), 9(1), 14(7)Violation
Fardon v. Australia1629/200718 March 20109(1), 15(1)Violation
Nystrom et. al v. Australia1557/200718 July 20119(1), 12(4), 17, 23(1)Violation

Information is as of 5 November 2012.

CERD, CCPR, CESCR, CEDAW, CAT, CRC, CMW, CRPD and CED all have optional complaint mechanisms, whereby an individual may complain to the respective treaty body that his or her rights under the treaty have been violated. The CESCR, CRC and CMW and complaint mechanisms are not yet in force.

Included in this section are:

  1. requests made by the treaty body for interim measures
  2. decisions to deal jointly with cases
  3. admissibility decisions (normally decisions determining a complaint is admissible are not issued separately and hence this category involves decisions in which complaints are found to be inadmissible)
  4. final views.

The Human Rights Committee (under CCPR), the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (under CERD), the Committee Against Torture (under CAT) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (under CEDAW) also formally follow up on final Views where a violation has been found. This information is included in the section entitled "Follow-up: Jurisprudence".