Asylum seekers on Nauru who are found to be refugees have been told they will be resettled on the island for five years where they will be given work rights and the opportunity to establish their own businesses.

Almost 1200 asylum seekers are currently being held at Nauru’s Australian-run immigration processing centre.

The ABC has been told the first refugee determinations at the centre are now a few weeks’ away and that the detainees have been told that those found to be refugees will be issued visas and be allowed to settle on the island for up to five years.

Guardian Australia reporter Oliver Laughland received a leaked document from Nauru’s Department of Justice and Border Control.

He told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat the three-page document sets out the terms and conditions for asylum seekers found to be refugees.

“The clear guideline as well is to stop anyone from engaging in any protest activity,” Laughland said.

“So if you are judged to be of bad character, you may not be eligible for refugee status at the same time.

“Along with that there are guidelines to say that people will be offered employment or assistance in getting employment, and that the Nauruan government is fully supportive of trying to integrate people into the community.”

The Nauru government will also support refugees wanting to establish their own businesses, if the type of business “does not already exist in Nauru”, but only for a maximum of five years.

“You will need to apply for a business licence from the government of Nauru and the process for this will be explained to you by your settlement case worker,” the document says.

In Papua New Guinea, the first refugee assessments will also soon be delivered to asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention, according to a statement earlier this month from Immigration Minister Scott Morrison.

Morrison also says the first of those found to be refugees could be resettled in Papua New Guinea in June.

About 1300 people are currently being held in the Manus Island centre.

Morrison said the his government was making “tremendous progress” in developing the offshore resettlement programme with the PNG government.

In a joint statement, the two countries say the PNG cabinet has decided to allow “the first tranche of initial assessments to be delivered to transferees within a month” and that it was “anticipated the first refugees could be resettled in June”.

The PNG government has also approved the creation of a refugee visa that will provide work rights and freedom of movement to asylum seekers found to be refugees.

The ministers confirmed that all refugees will be resettled in PNG – despite a statement from PNG prime minister Peter O’Neill last month that his country would take only “some” of those whose refugee claims are approved.

The statement also said two-thirds of the asylum seekers on Manus Island have had initial interviews and that a review process for those asylum seekers not found to be refugees will be established by the end of this month.

A new human rights report by a Melbourne University says Australia’s current asylum seeker policies and practices are in breach of at least seven international laws.

A chapter in the report by Monash University’s Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, written by Azadeh Dastyari, says the violations range from political and social rights to refugee rights to the rights of children.

Dr Dastyari says the violations are very serious, and the government must be aware of them.

But she says the weakness of International law means there’s not much that can be done about it.

“International law, when it comes to human rights, has very few effective enforcement mechanisms.

“So whilst it can be clearly pointed out to the Australian government that they are clearly in violation of many, many of their obligations – and there have been attempts to draw attention to what’s happening, and to shame Australia – but that can only take you so far.”

Meanwhile, the Australian government says a water supply breakdown to the detention centre on Nauru has been restored.

The centre’s water supply had been disrupted for several days, affecting toilet and shower use. There had also been concern about the drinking water supply.

A spokeswoman Immigration says the water supply was affected by a water pump being out of service, but she says the centre did not run out of water.

She says the issue has now been resolved and water supply delivery to facilities on Nauru are back in place.