In 2002, the UK government submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), describing how it had adhered to its obligations under the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
The family of 40-year-old Kurdish asylum seeker, Elmas Ozmico, have expressed concerns at a recent inquest verdict into her death that found that she died of natural causes.
04/02/06 - Detention of refugees BMJ 2006;332:251-252 (4 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7536.251 "Australia has given up mandatory detention because it damages detainees' mental health" "…detainees, particularly those held for long periods, suffer from profound hopelessness, despair, and suicidal urges…"