Australian Human Rights Commission
Information for LOIPR - Australia, 27 June 2016
• Sterilization of persons with disabilities
Information on the support provided to people with disabilities to exercise their
legal capacity and to free and informed consent.
• Other issues
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex issues (SOGII)
Information on the implementation of the recommendations of the Senate
Inquiry Report Community Affairs Committee’s 2013 Report on the Involuntary
or Coerced Sterilisation of Intersex People in Australia by federal, state and
territory governments.
Information on steps taken by state and territory governments to remove the
surgery and marital status requirements in births, deaths and marriages
registration legislation.
Older persons – elder abuse
Information on the prevalence of elder abuse and strategies to combat this
abuse.
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