Ferrovial, a Spanish infrastructure company that manages Australia’s offshore immigration centres, could be charged with crimes against humanity for its treatment of detainees. The Australian government has been accused by human rights groups and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) of failing to properly investigate allegations of abuse at detention centres in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Nauru (N@@ Now an attorney from Stanford Law School has claimed that individual officers working for the company could face criminal charges.
Ferrovial, a Spanish infrastructure company that manages Australia’s offshore immigration centres, could be charged with crimes against humanity for its treatment of detainees. The camps have long faced criticism by human rights groups, lawyers and the United Nations. Now an attorney from Stanford Law School has claimed that individual officers working for the company could face criminal charges.