Civil Society Report on United Nations Human Rights Committee Concluding Observations 2017 – 2019: Australia

The purpose of this follow-up report is to respond to the information received by the Committee from Australia on 8 November 2019,1 and provide a high-level summary of key developments since that time. It supplements the submission prepared by RCOA in November 2019 (‘2019 Civil Society Report’),2 much of which remains relevant.

The Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) and the Human Rights Law Centre, with pro bono support from Wotton + Kearney, welcome the opportunity to provide further information on the measures taken by Australia to implement the recommendations made by the Committee in paragraphs 34, 36 and 38 of its concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Australia in relation to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

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