Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 8 May 2017 Attachment 1: Compilation of Recommendations • Scrutiny of human rights and the role of the PJCHR That the Government ensure that concerns about compliance with human rights obligations raised by the PJCHR are fully considered in the legislative process. That the Government incorporate ICESCR into Australian law. • National Human Rights Institution That the Government include ICESCR within the definition of human rights in the AHRC Act. • Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and other treaties That the Government commence a National Interest Analysis on the ratification of Optional Protocol to the ICESCR and ICRMW. • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representative body That the Australian Government provide adequate on-going funding of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples as the national representative voice for Indigenous peoples. Close the gap That all Australian governments redouble their efforts to achieve the Closing the Gap targets, including by adequately funding the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan and targeting programs to address the social determinants of health. Income management and poverty That current models of income management schemes be discontinued or redesigned on a voluntary, opt in basis with appropriate oversight of decision making and monitoring. Cultural Rights (native title) That the Australian Government support reforms to law, policy and practice that enable economic development undertaken by Indigenous peoples on their lands that are undertaken with their free, prior and informed consent. That the Australian Government implement the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Connection to Country Review of the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) and the COAG Investigation into 16