Case 11: ACT Human Rights Commission assists Aboriginal child to raise human rights arguments in relation to her experience in custody

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The ACT Human Rights Commission intervened in a court case regarding the infringement of the cultural rights of an Aboriginal child detained at the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre. The child said that her human rights were breached when she was segregated from other children detained in the centre and when the centre staff confiscated artwork and the Koori Mail newspaper from her cell. The case settled with the ACT Government apologising to the girl for her experience in custody and for staff removing the artwork and copies of the Koori Mail from her cell.

Source: ACT Human Rights Commission Annual Report 2019-20, p. 28