Australia Must Develop Better System to Aid Wrongfully Detained Citizens Overseas: HRW

Human Rights Watch said the issue prevented wrongfully detained victims from getting necessary support from the Australian government.

Foreign detainees stand behind bars at an immigration detention centre in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 21, 2019. Romeo Gacad/AFP via Getty Images

A global human rights organisation says Australia currently lacks a system to identify cases of wrongful detention of its citizens.

During a Senate inquiry hearing on Sept. 26, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Australian Director Daniela Gavshon raised the concerns.