Recommendations

No	Recommendation	Response	Issue	Population group
91	Ensure that indigenous peoples are consulted when considering the viability of remote communities, and that those affected by closures of communities receive transitional support and unimpeded access to ancestral lands.	Notes (will further consider)	Consultation, Remote Indigenous communities	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
92	Implement policies oriented to the development of remote communities and ensure the full enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights of indigenous peoples interested in remaining in their land of origin.	Accepts	Remote Indigenous communities, Improving Indigenous life outcomes	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
93	Continue to work towards closing the existing gaps in the protection of human rights and the promotion of welfare for indigenous peoples in order to achieve sustainable economic and social development.	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
94	Continue ongoing efforts to Close the gaps in opportunities between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
95	Implement the recommendations of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action, to Close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in health, education, housing and employment	Notes (will further consider)	Implementation of recommendations and follow-up, Improving Indigenous life outcomes, Health, Education, Housing, Employment	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
96	Continue efforts to Close the gap in opportunities and life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, according to the Close the gap Campaign and its Progress and Priorities report 2015	Notes (will further consider)	Improving Indigenous life outcomes	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
97	Continue making progress in the implementation of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy to promote better opportunities in the areas of education, health and employment for indigenous communities	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Health, Education, Employment	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
98	Continue its efforts into close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in health, education, employment opportunities and access to justice	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes, Health, Education, Employment, Criminal justice, Other	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
99	Make further efforts to protect and promote the human rights of indigenous people, including the taking of measures to address the issue of poverty among them	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
100	Take effective legislative and practical measures for the comprehensive protection and promotion of civil, social, economic and cultural rights of indigenous peoples	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Preservation of language and culture	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
101	Eliminate the disparities in access to services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families, especially by reviewing the Australian birth registration process in order to ensure that all children are registered at birth	Accepts	Equal access to services, Birth registration	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
102	Continue strengthening the efforts in promoting and protecting non-racial discriminatory policy and specifically also ensure that Aboriginal children have access to birth registration	Accepts	Equality and non-discrimination, Equal access to services, Birth registration	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
103	Step up efforts to address the economic and social inequalities affecting the indigenous peoples	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
104	Ensure that Aboriginal and other indigenous communities are accorded equal access to services including to judicial remedies for discrimination and racism	Accepts	Equal access to services, Equality and non-discrimination	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
105	Continue strengthening the access mechanisms to social services for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children	Accepts	Equal access to services	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
106	Take legislative measures to continue to guarantee rights and equal treatment for the indigenous people in order to ensure national cohesion and social harmony	Accepts	Equality and non-discrimination, Social cohesion, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
107	Take immediate measures to ensure that the indigenous people of Australia have access to health services, education, and to full employment opportunities	Accepts	Equal access to services, Health, Education, Employment, Improving Indigenous life outcomes	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
108	Continue strengthening measures to address disparities in the access to education and health services for aboriginal and islander children and their families	Accepts	Equal access to services, Health, Education	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
109	Continue to implement the necessary measures to ensure indigenous children access to quality education	Accepts	Equal access to services, Education	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
110	Continue to implement indigenous education reforms	Accepts	Education	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
111	Ensure access to good-quality education, including postgraduate education and vocational training, for indigenous women	Accepts	Education	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Women and girls
112	Intensify efforts in enhancing the rights of Indigenous Australians: by addressing the underlying causes of their plight, by providing opportunities in health, education, housing and employment; and addressing the high rate of their incarceration in prison	Accepts	Improving Indigenous life outcomes, Equal access to services, Health, Education, Employment, Housing, Criminal justice	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
113	Reduce the rate of family separation of indigenous peoples caused, among others, by the removal of babies and children from their families and the imprisonment of juveniles and adults	Accepts	Other, Criminal justice	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Children
114	Continue concerted efforts for the preservation of the cultural and linguistic identity of Indigenous peoples	Accepts	Preservation of language and culture	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
115	Take further efforts to protect the special cultures of the indigenous people and enhance protection to the cultural archaeology	Accepts	Preservation of language and culture	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
116	Remove from the Constitution provisions allowing racial discrimination	Notes	Equality and non-discrimination, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Employment	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
117	Enact comprehensive legislation that fully guarantees the application of the principle of non-discrimination and ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights by every member of society	Accepts	Equality and non-discrimination, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks	All people
118	Strengthen further already existing anti-discriminatory measures and laws	Accepts	Equality and non-discrimination, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks	All people
119	Scale up its efforts to ensure equal protection against all forms of discrimination	Accepts	Equality and non-discrimination, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks	All people
120	Enact comprehensive equality legislation that will provide effective remedies and address discrimination on all grounds	Accepts	Equality and non-discrimination, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks	All people

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