International organisations

Australia congratulates Pakistan on the 2018 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act and welcomes the 2021 Supreme Court ruling prohibiting execution of persons with mental health conditions, and encourages Pakistan to enact them fully.

Australia commends Japan for its commitment to human rights, and progress made since its last UPR appearance.

Australia commends Guatemala for the steps it has taken to progress human rights since its last UPR appearance.

Australia commends Ghana’s progress towards abolishing the death penalty through parliamentary consideration of amendments to the Armed Forces Act and the Criminal Code.

Australia commends Gabon for decriminalising same-sex relations between consenting adults since its last Universal Periodic Review.

Australia commends Benin for removing all references to the death penalty from its updated Criminal Code (2018).

We commend Argentina for its progress on human rights since its last Universal Periodic Review in 2017.

The 42nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a United Nations process that considers the human rights record of each UN Member State. It is a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council.

The Australia-World Bank Indonesia Partnership (ABIP) is a 5-year, AUD30 million investment (2020-2024) initiated as a single-donor programmatic trust fund with the World Bank in Indonesia. It works across three priority themes (accelerating human capital development; improving economic governance and mobility; and building more and better infrastructure), with a cross-cutting focus on gender equality.

Universal Periodic Review of South Africa, Statement by Australia, 16 November 2022