Australian Human Rights Commission Information for LOIPR - Australia, 27 June 2016 29. Australia lacks a coherent national system of death reviews to consider crossjurisdictional issues and ensure accurate monitoring to address systemic issues from deaths associated with domestic violence. The Commission is conducting an inquiry into Enhancing domestic and family violence death review processes. 30. The Commission notes that the Australian and New Zealand Child Death Review and Prevention Group (ANZCDR&PG) has continued its valuable work to establish a national child death and injury data base as per the recommendation of the National Children’s Commissioner in her 2014 Children’s Rights Report.28 31. Issues for consideration in the LOIPR: 6. • Information on the monitoring of the implementation of Coronial Inquest findings, to address systemic failures to protect women from domestic violence. • Information on the progress to establish a national child death and injury data base. Trafficking in persons Concluding Observations, para 10 Relevant provisions of the CAT: Articles 2, 12, 13, 14 and 16 32. The Commission commends Australia for developing a National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery 2015-2019, which adopts a human rights-based approach, includes measures to standardise data collection on human trafficking and slavery, and includes measures to raise community awareness among vulnerable groups.29 The Commission notes that adequate funding is needed for the full implementation of the National Action Plan. 33. The Commission also notes a strengthening of criminal offences against forced marriage. In 2015, legislation was enacted that increases the protection of children from forced marriage along with other persons who do not have the capacity to provide free and full consent to marriage.30 34. The Commission notes that the Australian Government is undertaking a national consultation on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.31 The Commission considers that the subsequent National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights should have clear links with the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking and Slavery 2015-2019. 35. The Commission further notes the recent inquiry and report of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs into the regulatory and legislative aspects of international and domestic surrogacy arrangements Surrogacy Matters.32 The Commission submission considered that unregulated surrogacy arrangements raise real concerns about the potential for the trafficking of women and children.33 7

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