2. Recommendations to Forum Member States The Council invites the Forum to act on the following recommendations. (i) Australia Australia is commended for its ratification of the ICCPR, Convention Against Torture and Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Punishment (CAT)10 and CROC and for its accession to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. Australia is commended for it abolition of the death penalty de jure, both in the federal jurisdiction in 1973 and in the States in 1987. Australia is commended for its Extradition Act which imposes a positive duty on the Attorney-General not to surrender a person on whom the death penalty may be imposed. Australia is encouraged to maintain its record of abolition of the death penalty and resist calls for its reintroduction. Australia is encouraged to exercise national and State leadership to educate civil society on the issues surrounding the death penalty, Australia’s international legal obligations and international standards and norms. (ii) Fiji Fiji is commended for its de facto abolition of the death penalty and is encouraged to move towards ratification of the ICCPR, CAT and the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR. Fiji is encouraged to affirm the rights expressed in its Constitution of 1997 namely the right to life, freedom from torture and procedural safeguards.11 10 11 See Annexure 6. Sections 22, 25, 27, 28, 29, Constitution of the Fiji Islands (1997). 10