Thousands of people who were unlawfully stopped and searched under controversial counter-terrorism powers could be eligible for compensation.
Furthermore, a number of controversial counter-terrorism measures of questionable legality were also adopted, unannounced and unseen by most members of the public.
On Monday night in Geneva the committee sought further information on issues including Australia's asylum-seeker policies, controversial counter-terrorism laws and the over-representation of Indigenous Australians in prisons.
The government's controversial counter-radicalisation strategy, Prevent, has failed to change the attitudes of those on the far right, the shadow home secretary has said in response to figures showing the number of referrals linked to neo-nazism is overtaking Islamic extremism cases in some parts of the UK.
The controversial Counter-Terrorism and Security (CTS) Bill was passed last month, under which teacher and universities are legally obliged to "prevent people from being drawn to terrorism".
And that's really what the government was up to when it was paying £1 million [$1.5 million] to the Quilliam Foundation [a controversial counter-extremism think tank] to promote the Prevent policy.
And that's really what the government was up to when it was paying £1m to the Quilliam Foundation [a controversial counter-extremism think tank] to promote the Prevent policy.
There can be little serious doubt that if Craddock's Order were to become US policy it would trigger a new wave of anti-American protests from Afghanistan and Iraq to Colombia, where Plan Colombia is a controversial counter-narcotics operation that the UN, Noam Chomsky and others have criticized as US support for right-wing "death squads".
Nigeria and its neighbours should consider building on recent initiatives to reintegrate into the mainstream ex-Boko Haram combatants who are not ideologically violent extremists or war criminals; improve the rule of law; and end controversial and counter-productive state counter-insurgency tactics.
The government's controversial Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy is to be toughened rather than scaled back despite criticism that it is a toxic brand and a "big brother" security operation among Britain's Muslim communities.
Although he didn't admit to that, he did admit to taking the controversial over the counter substance, Creatine.
