Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to UN Committee Against Torture, 17 October 2014 226. However, the Commission notes that the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has identified concerns regarding measures of implementation, prevention and prohibition of the sale of children, child prostitution, child pornography, and protection of child victims.142 In the Children’s Rights Report 2013, the Commission recommended that the Australian government respond formally to the corresponding recommendations made by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.143 Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex issues (SOGII) LOIPR: n/a Relevant provisions of the CAT: Article 16 227. In 2013, the Government passed the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Act 2013 (Cth) which has introduced new grounds of discrimination into the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), in effect from 1 August 2013. The Commission has welcomed these amendments which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status in specific areas of public life, as set out in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth).144 228. Concerns have been raised about the issue of surgical or hormonal interventions on intersex infants.145 The Tasmanian Commission advised that whilst there are some instances where surgery or other medical intervention is necessary for the physical well-being of the child, a large number of interventions continue to be made to make them more typically male or female on the pretext that it will protect the child from future discrimination. Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse LOIPR: n/a Relevant provisions of the CAT: Articles 2, 12, 16 229. The Commission has welcomed the establishment of a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.146 The Commission notes that the Letters Patent provided to the Royal Commission require that it ‘inquire into institutional responses to allegations and incidents of child sexual abuse and related matters’.147 The Commission also notes that the scope of the Royal Commission extends to schools, churches, sports clubs and government institutions; the latter at the Commonwealth, state and territory levels. The Royal Commission is to have regard to: • • the experience of people directly or indirectly affected by child sexual abuse and related matters in institutional contexts focus its inquiry on systemic issues, while being informed by individual cases 51