Australia's bid for UN Human Rights Council seat comes with 'stop the boats' baggage

By Nick Miller
Updated February 28 2017 - 3:14pm, first published 2:25pm
Concetta Fierravanti. Photo: Andrew Meares
Concetta Fierravanti. Photo: Andrew Meares
Asylum seekers on Nauru. Photo: Fairfax Media
Asylum seekers on Nauru. Photo: Fairfax Media
Protesters march against indefinite detention of asylum seekers in Melbourne in 2016. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Protesters march against indefinite detention of asylum seekers in Melbourne in 2016. Photo: Paul Jeffers
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells speaking in Geneva, as Australia lobbies for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council. Photo: PM VIROT
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells speaking in Geneva, as Australia lobbies for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council. Photo: PM VIROT
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells speaking in Geneva, as Australia lobbies for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council. Photo: PM VIROT
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells speaking in Geneva, as Australia lobbies for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council. Photo: PM VIROT

Geneva: Australia's violation of refugee human rights and its weak opposition to horrific abuses in Sri Lanka and Myanmar could hurt its chances of winning a coveted seat on the UN's Human Rights Council, an expert on the council's politics says.

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