Human Rights
Have your say: Australia's report to the United Nations on elimination of racial discrimination
Interested parties are invited to submit written views on Australia's draft report on its compliance with the United Nations (UN) International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). Contributions will be considered by the Government in finalising Australia's 15th, 16th and 17th reports to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The closing date for submissions is 27 March 2009.
Human Rights Council
The Australian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva represents Australia's interests in the Human Rights Council. The Council was created in March 2006 to replace the former Commission on Human Rights as the United Nations' pre-eminent human rights body.
More information about the work of the Mission.
Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
The Australian Mission to the United Nations in New York also works to advance Australia's human rights priorities, primarily through the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. More information about the work of the Mission in New York is available here.
Reports to UN Bodies
- Table: Current Status of Australia's Reports
- Australia's 4th periodic report under the Convention Against Torture (pdf)
- Australia's combined Fourth and Fifth Reports on Implementing the United Nation's Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (pdf)
- Response of the Australian Government to the Request for Additional Information from the Sixty-Sixth Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (pdf)
- Australias combined 13th and 14th periodic report under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (pdf)
- Australia's combined Second and Third Reports under the convention on the Rights of the Child (pdf)
- Australia's Reports under the International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Regional Bodies
Human Rights Small Grants Scheme
The Human Rights Small Grants Scheme provides small grants to in-country organisations (primarily non-government) for activities aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in a direct and tangible way.