A review of Australia's efforts to promote and protect human rights / the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence, and Trade

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Australia. Parliament. Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
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Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1994
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A REVIEW of AUSTRALIA'S EFFORTS to PROMOTE and PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS 1
A Review of Australia’s Efforts to Promote and Protect Human Rights 3
Contents 7
Appendices 13
Tables 14
Terms of Reference 15
Membership of the Committee 16
Abbreviations 18
Foreword 21
Conclusions and Recommendations 23
Chapter One HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1993-94 43
Chapter Two THE UNITED NATIONS 53
Chapter Three AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK 79
Chapter Four AID AND TRADE AND HUMAN RIGHTS 109
Chapter Five PEACEKEEPING 125
Chapter Six INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS 149
Chapter Seven VISIT TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY 163
Chapter Eight THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN 175
Chapter Nine PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN 193
Chapter Ten THE RIGHTS OF WORKERS 207
Chapter Eleven THE EIGHTS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS 219
Chapter Twelve CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS 235
Chapter 13 MINORITY RIGHTS AND SELF-DETERMINATION 253
Appendix One List of Submissions 287
Appendix Two List of Public Hearings and Witnesses 297
Appendix Three Human Rights Exhibits List 309
Appendix Four Principles and Procedures for Commonwealth - State Consultation on Treaties 333
Appendix Five Annex Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions Competence and Responsibilities 337
Appendix Six Australia's Participation in UN Peacekeeping Operations 1946-1993 343
WHERE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVE Appendix Seven Where Indigenous Peoples Live 346
Appendix Eight Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 351
Appendix Nine ILO Conventions Ratified by Australia as at June 1994 (Total number of Conventions ratified by Australia: 54) 363
Appendix Ten Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities 367

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