Recommendation 34: The Australian Government facilitate the provision of
alternative supports and pathways to remedies for victims and survivors
which are not contingent on participation in criminal prosecutions.
Counter-terrorism legislation
Recommendation 35: The Australian Government amend existing counterterrorism laws that disproportionately limit human rights.
People with disability
Recommendation 36: Governments develop a nationally consistent
framework to reduce and eliminate the use of restrictive practices.
Recommendation 37: Governments adopt a human rights-based approach
to mental health laws and ensure that mental health services do not
violate the human rights of people with disability.
Recommendation 38: The Australian Government implement a nationally
consistent supported decision-making framework. Governments ensure
supports are provided to people with disabilities to exercise their legal
capacity and exercise free and informed consent.
Recommendation 39: The Australian Government work with state and
territory governments to adopt uniform legislation prohibiting, in the
absence of the free, prior and informed consent of the person concerned:
the sterilisation of adults and children with disability; and the
administration of contraceptives and abortion procedures on women and
girls with disability.
Recommendation 40: The Australian Government ensure that national
policies to reduce violence against women and children prioritise disability.
Older persons
Recommendation 41: Government implement recommendations of the
Australian Law Reform Commission’s report, Elder Abuse—A National Legal
Response and the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged
Care and Quality Safety.
Sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex issues
Recommendation 42: Governments implement the recommendations of
the Commission’s report, A human rights-based approach for people born with
variations in sex characteristics.
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