Table of Contents
Meeting of the Advisory Council of Jurists ...............................................................................5
Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................6
Terms of Reference ....................................................................................................................7
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................10
List of Abbreviations................................................................................................................12
Part A – Executive Summary ................................................................................................15
General Recommendations and Observations..........................................................................15
Recommendations in Relation to APF States...........................................................................18
Summary of Answers to Questions Posed by the Reference....................................................27
Part B – Detailed Answers to Questions Posed by the Reference .....................................36
Terms of Reference (i)..............................................................................................................36
Terms of Reference (ii) ............................................................................................................49
Terms of Reference (iii) ...........................................................................................................61
Terms of Reference (iv)............................................................................................................81
Terms of Reference (v).............................................................................................................94
Terms of Reference (vi)............................................................................................................96
Terms of Reference (vii) ........................................................................................................104
Terms of Reference (viii) .......................................................................................................113
Terms of Reference (ix)..........................................................................................................126
Terms of Reference (x)...........................................................................................................131
Terms of Reference (xi)..........................................................................................................134
Terms of Reference (xii) ........................................................................................................136
Terms of Reference (xiii) .......................................................................................................139
Terms of Reference (xiv)........................................................................................................146
Part C – Position in APF States...........................................................................................152
Afghanistan ............................................................................................................................152
Australia .................................................................................................................................162
Fiji ..........................................................................................................................................179
India........................................................................................................................................188
Indonesia ................................................................................................................................202
Jordan .....................................................................................................................................209
Malaysia .................................................................................................................................217
Mongolia ................................................................................................................................226
Nepal ......................................................................................................................................239
New Zealand...........................................................................................................................248
Palestine..................................................................................................................................264
Philippines ..............................................................................................................................273
Qatar .......................................................................................................................................282
Republic of Korea ..................................................................................................................290
Sri Lanka ................................................................................................................................297
Thailand..................................................................................................................................308
International Law ...................................................................................................................308
Timor-Leste ............................................................................................................................317
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