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A last resort?, the report of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention was tabled in federal Parliament on 13 May.
The Commission will launch the report at a community event in Sydney tomorrow.
Former "children in detention" will speak about their experiences of detention at the launch.
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Time: 6.00 PM - 8.00 PM Date: Tuesday 1 June 2004 Venue: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Hearing Room, Address: Level 8, 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
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- Dr Sev Ozdowski, Human Rights Commissioner
- Dr Louise Newman, Chair, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, RANZCP
- Ms Dorothy Hoddinott, Principal, Holroyd High School
- Young people speaking of their personal experience of detention
For further information, incl. copies of the report, summary guide and media kit go to: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/children_detention_report/index.html
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