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1  Subsection 5(1)
Insert:
Convention Against Torture means the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment done at New York on 10 December 1984.
Note: The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is in Australian Treaty Series 1989 No. 21 ([1989] ATS 21) and could in 2014 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
non‑refoulement obligations includes, but is not limited to:
 (a) non‑refoulement obligations that may arise because Australia is a party to:
 (i) the Refugees Convention; or
 (ii) the Covenant; or
 (iii) the Convention Against Torture; and
 (b) any obligations accorded by customary international law that are of a similar kind to those mentioned in paragraph (a).