Abbreviations

ALHR	Australian Lawyers for Human Rights
Bill	Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006
Bills Digest	S Harris Rimmer, 'Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006', Parliamentary Library Bills Digest No. 138, 22 May 2006
CRC	Convention on the Rights of the Child
Department/DIMA	Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
EM	Explanatory Memorandum
HREOC	Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
ICCPR	International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
IOM	International Organisation for Migration
LIV	Law Institute of Victoria
MIA	Migration Institute of Australia
Migration Act	Migration Act 1958
Minister	Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
NCCA	National Council of Churches in Australia
PILCH	Public Interest Law Clearing House (Vic)
PNG	Papua New Guinea
RANZCP	Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
RCA	Refugee Council of Australia
Refugee Convention	1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, as amended by the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
RILC	Refugee and Immigration Legal Centre
RRT	Refugee Review Tribunal
UNHCR	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
US	United States