Force-feeding asylum seekers: Challenging the state’s authority to direct medical treatment
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Kenny, M.A. (2002) Force-feeding asylum seekers: Challenging the state’s authority to direct medical treatment. Alternative Law Journal, 27 (3). pp. 107-111.
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Abstract
In January this year over 200 detainees at the Woomera detention centre in South Australia went on a prolonged hunger strike. The protest was reportedly in response to delays in the processing of applications for asylum and the conditions under which asylum seekers are detained, During these protests a number of people were treated for dehydration. At the time there was debate about whether they would have to be force-fed.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Murdoch Affiliation: | School of Law |
| Publisher: | Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd |
| Copyright: | Legal Service Bulletin Co-operative Ltd |
| Publishers Website: | http://www.altlj.org/ |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/12442 |
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