Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee On The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination, 30 October 2017 9. 2 10. 11. The Commission’s proposed recommendations are contained in the body of this submission and also compiled in Attachment 1. Priority areas The Commission considers all of the information and recommendations provided in this submission to be of importance to Australia’s compliance with CERD. However, the Commission wishes to draw the Committee’s attention to three areas of particular importance:  The collection of comprehensive data in relation to racial discrimination, cultural diversity, racially motivated crimes and multiculturalism generally, as discussed in section 4.5.  Consideration and implementation of relevant recommendations, once released, of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, as discussed in section 5.4(b).  Training of police in cultural competency and anti-racism; compliance of police practices with international human rights law (including those rights enshrined in CERD and given expression in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)); and the response of the Queensland Government to Wotton v State of Queensland (No 5) [2016] FCA 1457, as discussed in section 7. The Commission recommends that the Committee request an update from the Australian Government on progress in relation to the following priority areas in 12 months time under article 9(1) of CERD and rule 65 of the Rules of procedure: i. The collection of comprehensive data in relation to racial discrimination, cultural diversity, racially motivated crimes and multiculturalism generally (see Recommendation 18). ii. Consideration and implementation of relevant recommendations, once released, of the Northern Territory Royal Commission into Children in Detention (see Recommendation 22). iii. Training of police in cultural competency and anti-racism; compliance of police practices with international human rights law (including those rights enshrined in CERD and given expression in the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)); and the response of the Queensland Government to Wotton v State of Queensland (No 5) [2016] FCA 1457 (see Recommendation 37).1 5