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Appendix 1: Calendar of upcoming key UN treaty dates

Find key dates and deadlines for Australia's UN human rights treaty reporting obligations, upcoming international commitments and assessment cycles across major

International Appendix 10 April 2015

Summary

Treaty
Key dates
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)
Australia appeared before the committee in November 2014
Next report due November 2018
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
TreatyKey dates
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT)Australia appeared before the committee in November 2014Next report due November 2018
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)Next report due August 2018
Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)The report was due October 2012. A combined 18–20th periodic report will be transmitted in 2015
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)Next report was due December 2013
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)Next report was due June 2014
Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)Next report was due July 2014
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)Next report due January 2018

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