N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts at the international level towards the prevention of crimes against humanity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote and strengthen the rights of Indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to guarantee the human rights of Indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to close the gap in opportunities and life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, according to the Close the Gap Campaign and its Progress and Priorities report 2015
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts in closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians in health, education, employment opportunities and access to justice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Justice
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue paying special attention to the implementation of national policies for marginalized or vulnerable social groups, including migrant children, aboriginals and disabled persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Indigenous peoples
- Migrants
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Affirm their commitment to an inclusive society by continuing to support National Anti-Racism Strategies and programmes aimed at building social cohesion and community harmony
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue raising public awareness to combat discrimination, particularly those stemming from Islamophobia and fears of terrorism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Human rights education and training
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote among Australians a comprehensive campaign of tolerance and non-discrimination
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue introducing measures needed to close the gender pay gap
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue conducting awareness-raising activities on human rights, especially rights of women, children, minorities and migrants, to law enforcement officers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Migrants
- Minority rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue strengthening the measures taken to reduce violence against women and their children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts for a full implementation, in all levels, of the National Disability Strategy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue increasing efforts to combat terrorism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Public security
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts in promoting gender equality, including ensuring equal pension entitlements for women
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with implementation of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children with a particular focus on support services and resources available to women living in more remote areas, and women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote and support programmes such as the Jobs Access Gateway to equip persons with disabilities with the appropriate skills to secure gainful employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Labour rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work, in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, to reduce indigenous incarceration rates
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take comprehensive measures to effectively fight against human trafficking and stamp out the associated phenomenon of contemporary forms of slavery
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to respect the rights of asylum-seekers and refugees despite the difficulties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to raise public awareness and give special attention to the fight against racism, discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Racial discrimination
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts in ensuring gender equality in all the spheres of the society, including making efforts to narrow the gender pay gap
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue combating violence against women and domestic violence, taking into account the vulnerability of migrant women and adopting new legislative measures in support of this group
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to ensure that its anti-human-trafficking programmes remain victim-oriented and provide effective access to legal and psychological support to child victims of trafficking
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to raise awareness to eradicate existing prejudices and stereotypes against people with a migration background and foreigners
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to work towards closing the existing gaps in the protection of human rights and the promotion of welfare for indigenous peoples in order to achieve sustainable economic and social development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to development
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to support indigenous institutions that bring cohesion to communities, such as the National Congress of the First Peoples of Australia
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to train authorities involved in the administration and handling of justice in cases that affect indigenous peoples on the human rights of this group of society and review the cases of indigenous detainees, in particular children and women, with a view to providing them adequate assistance
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights education and training
- Indigenous peoples
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts at the international level directed towards the prevention of massive, gross and systematic violations of human rights and promote educational programmes and projects to that effect
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Give due consideration to human rights, particularly those of children and persons with disabilities, and continue to make efforts to ensure transparency in all procedures related to its treatment of immigrants and refugees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Disability rights
- Migrants
- Rights of the Child