Australian Human Rights Commission Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), Shadow report to the CERD Committee – 8 July 2010 150 United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, General Recommendation 30: Discrimination Against Non Citizens, UN Doc 01/10/2004, (2004), para 9. 151 United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Opinion of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination under article 14 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: Communication No. 31/2003 : Slovakia, UN Doc CERD/C/66/D/31/2003 (2005), para 10.4. 152 UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, General Recommendation 14: Definition of Discrimination (Art. 1, par. 1), UN Doc 22/03/93 (1993). 153 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people has made similar recommendations (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people Addendum: The Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Australia, UN Doc A/HRC/15/ (2010). At http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/countryreports.htm (viewed 18 May 2010)). 154 This was also a recommendation made by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people in his 2010 report on Australia (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Addendum: The Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Australia, UN Doc A/HRC/15/ (2010). At http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/countryreports.htm (viewed 18 May 2010)). 155 This has also been recommended by: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Report 2008 (2008), ch 4; the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant, Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Australia, UN Doc. E/C.12/AUS/CO/4 (June 2009) at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs42.htm (viewed 18 May 2010)); and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Addendum: Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Australia (2010), UN Doc A/HRC/15, p 30 at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/countryreports.htmv (viewed 18 May 2010)). 156 This was also a recommendation of the Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant, Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Australia, UN Doc. E/C.12/AUS/CO/4 (June 2009). At http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/cescrs42.htm (viewed 18 May 2010)). 157 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has recommended the Australian Government preserve and promote bilingual education at schools. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Articles 16 And 17 Of The Covenant, Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Forty-second session Geneva, 4 to 22 May 2009, para 33. At http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cescr/docs/AdvanceVersions/E-C12-AUS-CO-4.doc (viewed 12 June 2009). Similar recommendations were also made by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people (Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Addendum: Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Australia (2010), UN Doc A/HRC/15 at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/countryreports.htm) (viewed 18 May 2010)) and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (Economic and Social Council, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 9th Session, Draft Report (2010), UN Doc E/C.19/2010/L.2).. 158 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Social Justice Report 2009 (2009), ch 3. At http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/sj_report/sjreport09/chap3.html (viewed 18 May 2010). 159 Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people, Addendum: Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Australia (2010), UN Doc A/HRC/15, para 74. At http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/indigenous/rapporteur/countryreports.htm (viewed 18 May 2010). 62