Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has made a submission to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.The submission provides information to the Committee when it considers Australia's periodic reports under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

The submission highlights concerns with Australia's implementation of the treaty in relations to Indigenous issues including native title, heritage, deaths in custody, mandatory sentencing, self determination, the stolen generations and Indigenous disadvantage especially in relation to education, housing and health. The submission also covers the issue of migrant access to social security.

The Submissions are available for download in both PDF and Word formats below.

1. Native Title PDF Format (75K) or Word Format (51K)
2. Aboriginal Heritage PDF Format (32K) or Word Format (24K)
3. Indigenous Disadvantage PDF Format (89K) or Word Format (62K)
4. Self-determinationPDF Format (25K) or Word Format (15K)
5. Deaths in Custody and Mandatory SentencingPDF Format (22K) or Word Format (22K)
6. The National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Their Families, Bringing Them Home PDF Format (31K) or Word Format (23K)
7. Two Year Waiting Period for Newly Arrived MigrantsPDF Format (22K) or Word Format (14K)

Last updated 2 December 2001.