2.
The national conversation on human rights
will:
3.
The national conversation on human rights
will include the following activities:
(a) Promote awareness of the importance
of human rights to 21st century Australia
(a) A national summit on human rights
(b) Identify current limitations in the
promotion and protection of human
rights at the national level
(c) A report to the Attorney‑General and
federal Parliament on actions that should
be taken to ensure an effective system
to promote and protect human rights
(c) Identify the key principles and elements
of a human rights reform agenda to
modernise our system of human rights
protection
(d) Build partnerships and consensus on
the future actions required to better
protect and promote human rights
across the Parliament, government and
the community.
(b) Public events and consultations
(d) A report to the United Nations Human
Rights Council as part of Australia’s
3rd Universal Periodic Review
(scheduled to take place in 2020).
For the purposes of these Terms of Reference,
‘human rights’ are defined as all human rights
obligations recognised in international law, and
are not limited to those rights that are currently
reflected in Australian law.
Dated 10 December 2018
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