Australian Human Rights Commission Report title October 2022 Recommendation 43: The Australian Government invest in specialist and inclusive services to address domestic and family violence experienced by LGBTQI+ people Recommendation 44: Governments develop specific, transparent and human-rights based policy and procedures on accommodating LGBTQI+ people in prisons and other places of detention (including immigration detention). Endnotes 1 ‘Principles Relating to the Status and Functions of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights’ General Assembly Resolution 48/134, 1993. 2 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, opened for signature 10 December 1984, 1465 UNTS 85 (entered into force 26 June 1987). 3 Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) 9 January 2003, A/RES/57/199 (entered into force 22 June 2006). 4 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s 268.13. 5 Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Div 274. 6 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, opened for signature 16 December 1966, 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976). 7 Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened for signature 20 November 1989, 1577 UNTS 3 (entered into force 2 September 1990). 8 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) s 20. 9 Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission (April 2022) 1–2 <https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/nhri_australia_no_cover_4.pdf>. 10 Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission (April 2022) 3- 4 <https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/nhri_australia_no_cover_4.pdf>. 11 Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, Australia: Australian Human Rights Commission (April 2022) 3- 4 <https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/nhri_australia_no_cover_4.pdf>. 12 Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment Bill) (Cth). 13 Free & Equal, A Reform Agenda for Discrimination Laws (Position Paper, 2021) Recommendation 37, 310. <https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/rights-and-freedoms/publications/free-andequal-reform-agenda-federal-discrimination-laws> 14 The Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 (Cth) establishes the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. 15 Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011 (Cth) s 3(1). 16 See, eg, Daniel Reynolds, Winsome Hall and George Williams, ‘Australia’s Human Rights Scrutiny Regime’ (2021) 46(1) Monash University Law Review 256; Daniel Reynolds and George 45