146.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.35
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify ILO Convention No. 169
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the ILO Protocol to the Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.40
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw reservations to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratify the Optional Protocol thereto on a communications procedure, and raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.42
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt an open, merit-based process when selecting national candidates for United Nations treaty body elections
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.48
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that Australia’s international human rights obligations are enshrined in domestic law
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.50
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Complete the incorporation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child into domestic legislation and policy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.51
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Advance the necessary referendum pathway to reflect its commitment to recognizing indigenous Australians in the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve statutory protections at all levels of government for traditional owners seeking to protect their cultural sites
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.89
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement all measures to eliminate discrimination against members of Aboriginal communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Discrimination
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.90
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its work to address the ongoing reports of entrenched inequalities and overrepresentation across all low socioeconomic indicators that disproportionally affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, especially in the areas of health and well-being, education and justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Justice
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.100
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Eliminate the obligation imposed by some states to carry out compulsory surgical interventions to change the sex listed in identity documents
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.101
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End harmful practices, including forced and coercive medical interventions, to ensure the bodily integrity of children with intersex variations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.102
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure free and timely access to appropriate health care for all, including LGBTI+ persons, children and adolescents where the young person has sufficient maturity to provide informed consent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Sexual and reproductive rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to advance reforms in the remaining states that impose hurdles, including requirements for surgery, on people seeking official identity documents reflecting their gender
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.111
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up its efforts to reach the emission reduction goal set by the Paris Agreement and to integrate a human rights-based approach in its efforts aimed at combating climate change
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.116
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement concrete and immediate measures to fight against the effects of climate change on human rights and fundamental freedoms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Environment and human rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review mandatory sentencing laws with a view to abolishing them, while expanding non-custodial measures where appropriate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- Detention
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.142
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend Australia’s legislation in order to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years and withdraw the reservations to article 37 (c) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child regarding the separation of children, which requires detained children to be separated from adults
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years, in line with the international standard and as recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.145
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum age of detention for minors to 14 years or above in conformity with the recommendation of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.147
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility and adopt measures to ensure children receive appropriate community support directed at addressing risk factors
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Significantly raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.155
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Bring the child justice system fully into line with international standards, including by raising the minimum age of criminal liability to 14 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.156
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to 13 years and improve the conditions of detention of minors under the age of 15
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.157
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.158
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years of age
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.159
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility nationwide and fund and support community-led prevention and diversion programmes that keep children and youth out of prison
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Youth rights
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.162
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.163
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility nationwide to at least 14 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021