Is Australia Breaching the Refugee Convention?

It is argued, that through Operation Sovereign Borders and the interdiction and turning away of boats at sea, Australia is at risk of breaching its obligations of non-refoulement under the 1951 Refugee Convention and international human rights law (McAdam 2013: 442).

Is Australia upholding the Refugee Convention?

Yes, Australia voluntarily acceded to the Refugee Convention and Protocol and is therefore bound by the standards for refugee protection outlined within them. Australia further incorporated some of its obligations to protect refugees into its domestic legislation, the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).

Is Australia breaching human rights?

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative found Australia made "no improvements" to its human rights record in 2020. ... The latest tracker for Australia includes “many positive scores”, the researchers say, but also some “strikingly poor results, particularly in terms of who is most at risk of rights abuses”.