Australian Human Rights Commission
Report title October 2022
Recommendation 24: Governments review the use of post-sentence
preventive detention regimes throughout Australia to ensure compliance
with international human rights obligations.
Violence against women and children
Recommendation 25: Government increase prevention and early
intervention initiatives on domestic and family violence; advance tailored
measures to address the needs of women and girls experiencing
intersectional discrimination; and implement the further National Plan
from 2022.
Recommendation 26: Governments address systemic failures to protect
women from domestic violence, including through instituting a national
death review system.
Recommendation 27: Governments implement the recommendations of
the Wiyi Yani U Thangani report.
Recommendation 28: Governments resource Aboriginal-controlled
organisations to lead prevention efforts and respond to family violence and
its impacts on children.
Recommendation 29: The Australian Government increases prevention and
early intervention measures and responses to family violence that address
the distinct impacts of violence on children.
Recommendation 30: Governments resource prevention and early
intervention measures to address child abuse and neglect; and ensure
sufficient training for staff and adequate staffing levels for child protection
services.
Recommendation 31: The Australian Government develop and implement a
National Plan for Child Wellbeing.
Trafficking
Recommendation 32: The Australian Government amend the Modern
Slavery Act to establish an independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner,
introduce financial penalties for non-compliant entities, and establish a
national compensation scheme for victims.
Recommendation 33: The Australian Government resource and implement
both the National Action Plan and International Engagement Strategy.
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