David Dungay’s death in custody to be taken to UN human rights committee

International lawyer Geoffrey Robertson to argue Australia failed to protect Dungay's right to life and denied family justice for his 2015 death in Long Bay jail

International human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson will take the case of the death in custody of David Dungay to the United Nations, arguing that Australia violated his human rights and those of his family by denying them justice and accountability for his 2015 death in prison custody.

Robertson's London-based Doughty Street Chambers will lodge the complaint on behalf of the Dungay family at the UN human rights committee in Geneva. In it they will say that Australia has failed to protect his right to life and failed to undertake investigations into anyone or any organisation responsible for his death.