International Human Rights Mechanisms

Indigenous Rights: Special Rapporteur Releases Report on Country Visit to Australia (March 2009)

Parliamentary Scrutiny and the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (March 2010)

Indigenous Rights: Special Rapporteur releases report on Northern Territory Emergency Response (Feb 2010)

Human Rights and Foreign Policy: Australia Could Become a ‘AAA’ State (Jan 2010)

Australia and Human Rights Leadership: Initiatives to Promote Human Rights at Home and Abroad (Dec 2009)

Indigenous Rights: Request for Urgent Action on NT Intervention from UN CERD (Sept 2009)

Right to Health: Briefing Paper on Australia to UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health (Sept 2009)

OP-ICESCR: Australia Can Provide International Leadership and Ratify OP-ICESCR (July 2009)

Parliamentary Scrutiny of Human Rights: Submission to Standing Committee on Procedure (July 2009)

ICESCR: Committee Releases Landmark Report on Australia (May 2009)

ICESCR: NGO Reports for UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Review of Australia (May 2009)

National Human Rights Consultation: Submission on Measures to Promote Human Rights (April 2009)

Australia should Establish Parliamentary Mechanisms to Monitor Domestic Implementation of International Human Rights (April 2009)

ICCPR: UN Human Rights Committee releases Concluding Observations on Australia (April 2009)

ICCPR: NGO Reports for UN Human Rights Committee Review of Australia (March 2009)

Disability Rights: Submission to JSCOT on Ratification of Optional Protocol to Disability Convention (Jan 2009)

Equality Rights: Submission to UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Draft General Comment on Non-Discrimination (Dec 2008)

ICCPR: Draft General Comment on First Optional Protocol (Oct 2008)

Disability Rights: Australia should Ratify OP to Disability Convention (Oct 2008)

CAT: Implementation of Recommendations of UN Committee against Torture on Australia (Sept 2008)

ICCPR: Major NGO Report on Australia to UN Human Rights Committee (Sept 2008)

Women’s Rights: Australia Should Ratify OP-CEDAW – JSCOT Submission (Sept 2008)

Torture: Submission to National Interest Analysis on Ratification OP-CAT (July 2008)

Women’s Rights: Submission to National Interest Analysis on Ratification of OP-CEDAW (June 2008)

CAT: UN Committee Against Torture’s Concluding Observations on Australia (May 2008)

Indigenous Rights: Australia Urged to Endorse UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (May 2008)

ESC Rights: Optional Protocol to ICESCR – Australia Urged to Support Negotiation of Text (March 2008)

Disability Rights: Australia Urged to Ratify UN Disability Convention (Feb 2008)

CAT: Submission to UN Committee Against Torture in response to Draft General Comment No 2 (Aug 2007)

Fair Hearing: Submission to UN Human Rights Committee on General Comment No 32 on the Right to a Fair Hearing (Aug and Jan 2007)

NGO Reports: Response to Australian Government’s Common Core Document (July 2007)

Family Rights: Nystrom v Australia – Individual Communication to UN Human Rights Committee (Apr 2007)

Counter-Terrorism: UN Special Rapporteur report on Australia (March 2007)

Homelessness: Request for Urgent Action from UN Special Rapporteurs (Nov 2006)

Indigenous Rights: Request for Country Visit from UN Special Rapporteur (Nov 2006)

Ivan Shearer – ‘The UN Human Rights Committee: Australia’s Final Court of Appeal?’ (4 October 2006)

Counter-Terrorism: Request for Urgent Action from UN re Conditions of Unconvicted Remand Prisoners (Aug 2006)

Refugee Rights: Taha v Australia – Individual Communication to UN Human Rights Committee (Dec 2005)