ICCPR Shadow Report

Australia’s Fifth Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was sent to the United Nations on 25 July 2007 (two years late).

The "Common Core Document" released by Australia "incorporates Australia's Fifth Report under the ICCPR". The government called for public comment, but only gave NGOs about 6 weeks (over the Christmas period) to respond.

CCL is preparing a response to the government's 'core document'. That response will form the basis for CCL's Shadow Report to the United Nations' Human Rights Committee. A Shadow Report can be sent to the UN by NGOs to offer an alternative view of civil and political rights in Australia.

In preparation for drafting the Shadow Report, CCL volunteers have prepared the following background papers, which will be available here as they are finished:

• ATSI issues
• Migration issues
• Terrorism Laws
• Privacy in Australia

what you can do

If you would like to volunteer or learn more about CCL's plans, you can email us at: office@nswccl.org.au.

Useful resources

• all about Shadow Reports...
• CCL's Shadow Report on Australia and torture
• Australia's human rights violations
• Concluding Observations of UN Human Rights Committee on Australia’s Third & Fourth ICCPR Reports (2000)
• Australia’s Fourth Report under the ICCPR (1999)
• Australia’s Third Report under the ICCPR (1998)
• Australian government’s National Action Plan on Human Rights
• CCL, Human Rights and Criminal Law In New South Wales: The International Context
• Melbourne Catholic Commission for Justice, Australian Human Rights Register (2000 to 2004)
• Senate Select Committee Report on a Certain Maritime Incident
• Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
• ATSI Social Justice Commissioner’s Social Justice Reports
• ATSI Social Justice Commissioner’s Native Title Reports
• Federal Discrimination Law 2005 (age, disability, race & sex)
• Bringing them home (The 'Stolen Children' report)
• A Last Resort? (children in immigration detention)
• Human Rights Commissioner's reports
• Asylum seekers
• Children's rights
• Employment discrimination - ILO 111
• Euthanasia
• Gays and lesbians
• Freedom of movement and residence
• Freedom of religion and belief
• Mental illness
• Right to housing
• Rural health
• Prisoners as Citizens
• Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

Other Useful Resources

• DFAT’s Human Rights Manual 2004
• UN Documents
• UN Human Rights Committee