Australian Human Rights Commission
Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee, 18 September 2017
Table of Contents
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Human Rights
Committee ................................................................................................... 1
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Introduction .............................................................................................................. 5
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Priority areas ............................................................................................................ 5
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General information ................................................................................................. 6
Scrutiny of human rights and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on
Human Rights (ICCPR article 2; LOI 2 & 4) .............................................. 6
Domestic incorporation (ICCPR article 2; LOI 4) ..................................... 7
Human rights education (ICCPR article 2; LOI 2) .................................... 7
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Prevention of torture (ICCPR articles 7 & 10; LOI 17) ........................................... 8
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ....................................................... 8
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (ICCPR article 2;
LOI 2) ........................................................................................................... 8
Justice system (ICCPR articles 2, 7, 9, 10 & 13; LOI 13, 17 & 18)........... 8
Native title and land rights (ICCPR article 27; LOI 25) .......................... 10
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (ICCPR articles 2, 3, 7 &
26; LOI 10) ................................................................................................. 10
Democratic participation (ICCPR articles 1, 2, 25, 26 & 27; LOI 23) ..... 11
(a)
Funding to representative bodies............................................................ 11
(b)
Constitutional recognition ....................................................................... 11
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability (ICCPR
articles 2, 7 & 9) ........................................................................................ 12
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Older persons .........................................................................................................12
Elder abuse (ICCPR articles 2, 7 & 9) ..................................................... 12
Access to work (ICCPR articles 2 & 25(c)) ............................................. 13
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People with disability .............................................................................................13
Prisoners and mental health (ICCPR articles 2, 9 & 10; LOI 17) .......... 13
Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse (ICCPR articles 7 & 9;
LOI 13) ....................................................................................................... 14
Access and democratic participation (ICCPR articles 2, 25 & 26; LOI
22) .............................................................................................................. 14
Women and girls with disability (ICCPR articles 2, 3, 7 & 26; LOI 10 &
11) .............................................................................................................. 15
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people ...................................15
Access to stage 2 hormone treatment (ICCPR articles 17 & 26) .......... 15
Access to surrogacy (ICCPR articles 2 & 26)......................................... 16
Anti-discrimination laws (ICCPR articles 2 & 26; LOI 9) ....................... 16
Births, deaths and marriages registration (ICCPR articles 2, 17 & 26) 16
Involuntary medical interventions (ICCPR articles 7 & 26) ................... 17
Marriage equality (ICCPR articles 2 & 26) .............................................. 17
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Women.....................................................................................................................18
Violence against women (ICCPR articles 2, 3, 7 & 26; LOI 10) ............. 18
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