Disabled People’s Organisations Australia (DPO Australia) formally briefed the UN Committee on Civil and Political Rights in Geneva on Monday 16 October in regard to the protection of the rights of people with disability. The DPO Australia briefing focused on high level key issues including all forms of violence, denial of legal capacity, substitute decision-making regimes, migration laws, restrictive practices, mental health…
Media Release: Australia to Face Human Rights Scrutiny in Week of UN Human Rights Council Vote During the same week that Australia is expected to be granted a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, an expert UN Committee will grill the Australian Government over its own human rights record. A coalition of Australian…
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, has released her report on the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, based on her visit earlier this year. In her report, Ms Tauli-Corpuz noted that current Government policies and priorities ‘do not duly respect the rights to self-determination and…
On Wednesday 30 August, DPO Australia met briefly meet with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities via videoconference. We highlighted the key issues identified in our recent List of Issues submission to the Committee, which will assist with informing the review of Australia’s implementation of the CRPD in mid 2018. Download…
Australia has been criticised by an expert United Nations Committee following its appearance before the UN Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights last month. Last night the UN Committee released its Concluding Observations, a statement outlining its assessment of Australia’s performance under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The statement…
DPO Australia is attending the 10th Session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). COSP runs from 13th to 15th June 2017 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The annual conference brings together countries that have ratified the UN CRPD and representatives from…
