Submissions to United Nations
Access submissions made to United Nations bodies on human rights matters, representing advocacy and stakeholder input on international human rights mechanisms.
Legislation
Submission by the Commission
14 December 2012
Submissions to United Nations
2017
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (30 October 2017)
- Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women – Information for List of Issues on Australia (18 September 2017)
- Information concerning Australia's compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (18 September 2017)
- CRPD Information for List of Issues Prior to Reporting – Australia (June 2017)
- Information concerning Australia's compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (8 May 2017)
- Violence against women in Australia: Submission to Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women (20 January 2017)
2016
- Information for List of Issues - Australia: Submission to Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (29 August 2016)
- Information for List of Issues Prior to Reporting - Australia: Submission to Committee Against Torture (27 June 2016)
2015
- Australia's Second Universal Periodic Review (15 April 2015)
2014
- Information concerning Australia's compliance with the Convention Against Torture (17 October 2014)
- Draft General Comment on Article 12 of the CRPD (28 February 2014)
2013
- Judicial review of lawfulness of detention (8 November 2013)
- Response to the Public Consultation on the Human Rights of Older Persons (March 2013)
- Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (March 2013)
2012
- Report to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (31 August 2012)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – List of issues prior to reporting (10 August 2012)
- Additional Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (4 May 2012)
2011
- A human rights approach to trafficking in persons (14 November 2011)
- Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (August 2011)
2010
- Letter to the Committee against Torture regarding issues for Australia (4 September 2010)
- Information concerning Australia and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) (8 July 2010)
- Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council's Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (6 July 2010)
- Australia's Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (5 July 2010)
- Information provided to the OHCHR study on challenges and best practices in the implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration (April 2010)
2009
- Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people – Australian mission (17 August 2009)
- World Program for Human Rights Education (July 2009)
- Review of Australia's Fourth Periodic Report on the Implementation of the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (17 April 2009)
- Updated information from the Australian Human Rights Commission on Australia's implementation of the ICCPR (18 February 2009)
2008
- Comments by the Australian Human Rights Commission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on issues relevant to Australia's fifth periodic report under the ICCPR(30 September 2008)
- Combating the Defamation of Religions submission to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (4 July 2008)
2007
2003
- United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child - Day of General Discussion on the Rights of Indigenous Children (September 2003)
