Australian Human Rights Commission
Information for LOIPR - Australia, 27 June 2016
Information about responses to human trafficking, slavery and slavery-like
situations, including measures in place to address forced labour in value
chains.
Information about how current consideration of a National Action Plan on
Business and Human Rights will incorporate the approach to people trafficking
and Australia’s obligations under CAT.
Information on the adoption of the recommendations contained in the report
Surrogacy Matters to ensure the prevention of trafficking of birth mothers and
the children they carry.
• Criminal Justice System
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Information about approaches to address the rates of incarceration for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including benchmarks and
targets.
Information about the adequacy of funding to meet needs of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander communities.
Information on the intended analysis of existing data and development of best
practice to address the treatment of people with cognitive disability in contact
with the criminal justice system.
Information on the application and impact of the ‘paperless arrests’ powers in
the Northern Territory.
Juvenile justice
Information on persons under 18 years being detained in adult facilities.
Information on the use of restraints against young people in custody.
Deprivation of liberty - People with disability
Information on the Australian Government response to the Senate Inquiry
report into Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in
institutional and residential settings.
Information on the mental health care services provided within the criminal
justice system.
Deprivation of liberty – overcrowding
Information on the current conditions and capacity of prisons within Australia.
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