In August 2010, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination reviewed Australia’s compliance with its international legal obligations to respect, protect and promote the human right to equality and freedom from racial discrimination.

An NGO coalition, comprising the Human Rights Law Resource Centre, the National Association of Community Legal Centres and the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action, briefed the committee in Geneva, presented a major NGO Report, and provided the following Fact Sheets on Australia’s compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination:

• Fact Sheet 1: Domestic Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
• Fact Sheet 2: The Northern Territory Intervention
• Fact Sheet 3: Native Title
• Fact Sheet 4: Civil and Political Rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
• Fact Sheet 5: Economic and Social Rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
• Fact Sheet 6: Access to Remedies for Racial Discrimination
• Fact Sheet 7: Human Rights of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers and Non-Citizens
• Fact Sheet 8: Human Rights of Migrant Communities
• Fact Sheet 9: Impact of Counter-Terrorism Laws

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