Outcomes Document – UN Human Rights Council’s Draft Report
On 31 January 2011, the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review released its Draft Report on Australia. Click here for a copy of the Draft Report. The Draft Report will be formally adopted at the next UN Human Rights Council in June 2011. In the meantime, the Australian Government has committed to fully consider the recommendations and to formally respond to them at the June session. Further information on NGO activities relating to the Australian Government’s response to the UPR recommendations is available on the Follow Up and Implementation page.
Australia’s preliminary response to the Draft Report, delivered by Australia’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, is available here.
Further Information
The following further information is available about Australia’s Universal Periodic Review:
These pages contain the following information:
- Universal Periodic Review Materials, including NGO materials and reports by the Australian Government, the Australian Human Rights Commission and the Australian NGO Coalition
- Updates from the NGO Coalition, including coverage of Australia’s UPR appearance and updates from the NGO delegation that travelled to Geneva in January and February 2011
- Outcomes of Australia’s UPR Appearance in January 2011, including the UN’s Draft Report on Australia
- Follow Up and Implementation, including opportunities for NGO involvement and collaboration between the adoption of the Draft Report and the delivery of Australia’s Formal Response
- Australia’s Formal Response to Recommendations of the UPR in June 2011, including statements from the Australian Ambassador and NGOs to the UN Human Rights Council
- Media Coverage and Press Releases about Australia’s UPR
- UPR Home Page
