146.314
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase support for refugees and asylum seekers by reducing barriers to labour markets and education and by providing access to health-care facilities, especially those aimed at improving mental health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.273
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps in consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the representative bodies to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in law, policy and practice
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.271
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Investigate the disadvantages that indigenous populations face in education, incarceration and life expectancy
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Date added
- Aug 2, 2021
146.177
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 37 - November 2020
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Protect freedom of expression for those speaking out against government policies, including by amending national security laws that inhibit the speech of journalists, whistle-blowers and lawyers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- 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
146.48
- 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
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Closely monitor the processing of refugees and asylum seekers in offshore centers to ensure that their human rights are respected
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prohibit the non-therapeutic sterilization of any individual who is not mentally competent to consent
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to combat family violence against women and children, especially within indigenous communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement the recommendations of the International Conference on Population and Development [ICPD] Programme of Action, to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in health, education, housing and employment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Right to housing
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that indigenous peoples are consulted when considering the viability of remote communities, and that those affected by closures of communities receive transitional support and unimpeded access to ancestral lands
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 23 - October 2015
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider establishing a comprehensive human rights act as recommended by the National Human Rights Consultative Committee
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve the human rights elements of its training for law enforcement personnel
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to criminally prosecute trafficking offenders, including employers and labour recruiters who subject migrant workers to debt bondage and involuntary servitude
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps, in partnership with State, Territory and Local governments, to further advance and accelerate implementation of the National Action Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and Their Children, so as to effectively address prevalence of violence against these vulnerable groups
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen efforts to combat family violence against women and children with a particular focus on indigenous communities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider reinstating, without qualification, the Racial Discrimination Act into the arrangements under the Northern Territory Emergency Response and any subsequent arrangement
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Focus on nationwide enforcement of its existing anti-discrimination law, plan adequately for nationwide implementation, especially as it relates to discrimination against indigenous persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 10 - January 2011
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider a comprehensive human rights act as recommended by the National Human Rights Consultative Committee
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- General
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
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