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Appendix C Other relevant treaties to which Australia is party

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Appendix C

Other relevant treaties to which Australia is party

1. Other United Nations human rights and related conventions

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide 1948

Slavery Convention 1926 as amended 1955

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, and its 1967 Protocol

Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons 1954

Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 1961

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 1998

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime 2000, and its Protocols against the smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air, and to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children

2. Conventions of the International Labour Organization

Forced or Compulsory Labour Convention 1930 (No. 29)

Labour Inspection Convention 1947 (No. 81)

Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention 1948 (No. 87)

Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention 1949 (No. 98)

Equal Remuneration Convention 1951 (No. 100)

Abolition of Forced Labour Convention 1957 (No. 105)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention 1958 (No. 111)

Employment Policy Convention 1964 (No. 122)

Minimum Wage-Fixing Convention 1970 (No. 131)

Occupational Safety and Health Convention 1981 (No. 155)

Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention 1981 (No. 156)

3. Conventions of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Convention against Discrimination in Education 1960

4. Conventions of the Hague Conference on Private International Law

Convention on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations 1970

Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions relating to Maintenance Obligations 1973

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1973

Convention on Celebration and Recognition of the Validity of Marriages 1978

Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption 1993

Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children 1996

5. Geneva Conventions and other treaties on international humanitarian law

Geneva Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field 1949

Geneva Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea 1949

Geneva Convention (III) relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War 1949

Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War 1949

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I) 1977

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) 1977

Ottawa Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti Personnel Mines and On Their Destruction 1987

Appendix D

Sources of further information on
human rights in Australia

Further information on human rights, and on Australia’s promotion of human rights, is available from the following sources:

Human Rights Manual: <http://www.dfat.gov.au/hr/hr_manual_2004/index.html>
Australia’s National Framework for Human Rights - National Action Plan: <http://www.dfat.gov.au/hr/nap/nap_2004.pdf> and
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade human rights information: <http://www.dfat.gov.au/hr/>
AusAID: <http://www.ausaid.gov.au>
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: <http://www.humanrights.gov.au>, including the following reports:
- Social Justice Reports: <http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/sj_reports.html>
- Native title reports: <http://www.humanrights.gov.au/social_justice/nt_reports.html>
- Reports on Human Rights Issues: <http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/index.html>
- Reports on Complaints Under the HREOC Act: <http://www.humanrights.gov.au/human_rights/index.html>
- Reports on Racial Discrimination: <http://www.humanrights.gov.au/racial_discrimination/publications.html>
- Disability Inquiry Reports: <http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/inquiries/reports.html>
- Attorney-General’s Department: <http://www.ag.gov.au>

Annex 1

Statistical Data

CONTENTS

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Land and people 2 - 103 140

Land use 2 - 29 140

Population 5 140

Population growth 6 141

Population density 7 - 9 142

Geographic distribution of Indigenous Australians 10 - 11 143

Country of birth 12 - 13 144

Language of population by mother tongue 14 - 15 145

Religion 16 - 18 146

Age composition 19 - 20 147

Births 21 - 22 148

Life expectancy 23 - 26 149

Deaths 27 150

Household size 28 - 29 150

Social, economic and cultural statistics 30 - 103 152

Consumption 30 - 31 152

Gini coefficient (relating to distribution of income) 32 - 35 153

Infant mortality rates 36 - 39 155

Maternal mortality 40 - 43 156

Causes of death - general population 44 - 45 156

CONTENTS (continued)

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Immunisation status 46 - 48 159

Rates of infection with HIV/AIDS 49 - 52 161

Hepatitis infection 53 - 55 163

Sexually transmissible infections 56 164

Health expenditure 57 165

Access to Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
(PBS) 58 - 59 166

School attendance - primary and secondary education 60 - 61 168

Schools, students and teaching staff 62 - 63 169

Retention rates 64 - 66 170

Indigenous school students 67 - 72 172

Ratio of teachers to students 73 174

Literacy rates 74 - 83 175

Participation in tertiary and vocational education 84 - 86 180

Rate of unemployment 87 - 90 182

Employment by sectors 91 - 93 183

Work participation rates 94 - 97 184

Gross domestic product (GDP) 98 186

Gross National Income - 187

Consumer Price Index (CPI) 99 188

External liabilities - foreign debt 100 188

Development expenditure 101 - 103 189

CONTENTS (continued)

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Political system and administration of justice statistics 104-128 191

Number of recognised political parties 104 - 106 191

Distribution of legislative seats by party - 191

Women in Parliament - 192

Periodicity of elections at the national and local level 107 - 115 192

Voter turnouts 116 193

Total criminal cases 117 - 119 194

Prison population 120 - 122 196

Sentence length 123 - 124 199

Death in penal institutions 125 - 127 200

The death penalty 128 201

1. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia’s official statistical organisation, regularly publishes key national indicators: . Unless otherwise indicated, all material below is taken from the internet editions of the Australian Bureau of Statistics publications, Yearbook Australia 2004 and Yearbook Australia 2006.