23. People with disabilities

23.10. Understandings of and training in relation to disability reflect a social model of disability.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.11. Negative discrimination on the basis of disability is prohibited by law.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.12. Special measures are taken to provide support and assistance to people with a disability who may be subject to immigration detention, particularly children.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.07. The design of the package of alternatives to detention anticipates the situation of people with disabilities, and ensures that locations of alternatives to detention are physically accessible.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.08. Detainees with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation that takes account of special vulnerabilities, including of women and children with disabilities.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.09. Interview and hearing rooms are accessible to people with disabilities and disability-specific interpreting assistance is provided for people who are visually or hearing impaired.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.01. There is a presumption against the detention of people with disabilities, and detention is used only as a last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.02. There is an assessment of whether a child or adult who may be subject to immigration detention has disabilities and this is taken into account when evaluating the necessity, reasonableness and proportionality of detention.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.03. People with long-term physical, mental, intellectual and sensory impairments are not detained for immigration reasons, and the exceptional decision to detain a person with a disability is subject to an assessment of the necessity, reasonableness and proportionality of detaining the particular individual.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

23.04. The place of detention provides for safe and ready access to all parts of the facility by people with a disability, including visitors with a disability.

23. People with disabilities,C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care