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Submission to UN Committee Against Torture, 17 October 2014
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Professor Gillian Triggs, Free speech and human rights in Australia (Speech delivered at the Free
Speech 2014 Symposium, Ultimo, 7 August 2014). At
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/speeches/free-speech-and-human-rights-australia (viewed 15
October 2014).
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Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Committee Reports: Examination of legislation in
accordance with the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011. At
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Human_Rights/Completed_inquiries
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http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Human_Rights/Guidance_Notes_an
d_Resources (viewed 10 October, 2014).
16
The rate of imprisonment for the general population rate of 188 per 100,000 (based on average
daily imprisonment rate): Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Corrective Services Australia June
Quarter 2014, 4512.0 (September 2014). At
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/4512.0?OpenDocument (viewed 26 September 2014).
17
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, A picture of Australia’s Children, p 102. At
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publication-detail/?id=10737423343 (viewed 14 October 2014).
18
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous
Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011, Productivity Commission (2011), p 4.132. At
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October 2014).
19
Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Committee Inquiry into the value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia,
para 30. At http://www.humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/20130313_jr.pdf (viewed 14 October
2014). Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Value of a justice reinvestment approach to
criminal justice in Australia (2013). At
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Completed_inquiries/2010-13/justicereinvestment/report/index (viewed 14 October 2014); House of
Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Doing Time,
Time for Doing: Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system (June 2011). At
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?url=atsia/sentencing/report.htm (viewed 12 October 2014); Noetic Solutions, A Strategic Review of
the New South Wales Juvenile Justice System: Report for the Minister for Juvenile Justice (April
2010). At http://indigenousjustice.gov.au/db/publications/285011.html (viewed 14 October 2014). See
generally Australian Human Rights Commission, Social Justice Reports 2009-2013. At
https://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-socialjustice?source=our-work (viewed 14 October 2014).
20
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Value of a justice reinvestment approach to
criminal justice in Australia (2013), p 124. At
http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/senate_committees?url=legcon_ctte/comp
leted_inquiries/2010-13/justice_reinvestment/report/index.htm (viewed 14 October 2014).
21
Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Value of a justice reinvestment approach to
criminal justice in Australia (2013), p 125. At
http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/senate_committees?url=legcon_ctte/comp
leted_inquiries/2010-13/justice_reinvestment/report/index.htm (viewed 14 October 2014).
22
Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, Unfinished business: Koori women
and the justice system (2013). At http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/index.php/ourresources-and-publications/reports/item/679-unfinished-business-koori-women-and-the-justice-system
(viewed 14 October 2014).
23
Department of Justice, Victorian Aboriginal Justice Agreement. At
http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/home/your+rights/aboriginal+justice+agreement/victorian+aboriginal+justi
ce+agreement (viewed 14 October 2014).
24
The Aboriginal Justice Forum is a coordinating body made up of government agencies and the
Aboriginal community, which meets regularly to oversee the implementation of the AJA3. The Koori
Caucus of the Aboriginal Justice Forum is comprised of representatives of the Aboriginal community.
25
M Gooda, Social Justice and Native Title Report 2013, Australian Human Rights Commission
(2013), p 102. At http://www.humanrights.gov.au/publications/social-justice-and-native-title-report2013 (viewed 9 September 2014).
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