Tag: United Nations

Factsheet: Violence and Abuse Against Persons with Disability

Background Evidence demonstrates that people with disability frequently experience sustained and repeated episodes of violence and abuse.[i] Women and girls with disability are at far greater risk of violence, particularly sexual violence, and experience significantly higher levels of all forms of violence by a greater number of perpetrators compared to their peers.[ii] Children and young…

Factsheet: Discrimination Against Migrants and Refugees with Disability

Background People with disability, and families who have members with disability, consistently have their visa applications denied because they are unable to meet the strict health requirement under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).[i] An individual or family could have been living in Australia for many years, contributing to the economic and social life of the…

DPO Australia Join Civil Society Groups Welcoming Australia’s Ratification of Torture Treaty

DPO Australia joins with our civil society colleagues in welcoming the Commonwealth Attorney General’s announcement that Australia had ratified an international human rights treaty known as the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). “Ratification of this treaty is a highly significant moment in protecting the rights of the most segregated and isolated…

ICCPR Delegation Meet with Australian Government Delegation

On Tuesday 17 October DPO Australia representatives, along with our NGO delegation colleagues, met with the Australian Government Delegation in Geneva at the office of the Australian Permanent Mission. The meeting provided an important opportunity for the NGO delegation and Australian Government representatives to meet and discuss key themes that are included in the Australian Government report and the NGO…