Australian Human Rights Commission Information for LOIPR - Australia, 27 June 2016 36. The Committee’s 10 recommendations concern improving access to wellregulated and lawful domestic surrogacy arrangements so that there is less need for Australians to travel overseas to engage in surrogacy (Recommendations 1-6), and to promote better protection of the human rights of birth mothers and the children they carry on behalf of Australian citizens involved in international surrogacy arrangements (Recommendations 7-10). If the recommendations in this report are adopted, it will be a significant step towards more uniform domestic laws that provide increased access to wellregulated surrogacy arrangements in Australia, and increased scrutiny of the practices in other countries which should lead to better human rights outcomes. 37. Issues for consideration in the LOIPR: • Information about mechanisms for providing compensation to victims of human trafficking and slavery and the adequacy of support services for victims.34 • 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. 7. Criminal Justice System 7.1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Concluding Observations, para 12 Relevant provisions of the CAT: Articles 2, 11 and 16 38. The overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as both victims and offenders in the criminal justice system remains one of the most glaring disparities between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians and non-Indigenous Australians.35 39. The Commission welcomes the Australian Government decision to reverse previously announced funding cuts to National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services.36 The Commission remains concerned that the funding is insufficient to meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. 40. The Commission welcomes the Australian Government UPR voluntary commitment to improve the way the criminal justice system treats people with 8