Recommendations

No Recommendation Response Issue Population group
181 End the practice of enforced sterilization of persons with disabilities for non-therapeutic reasons

​ 		Notes (will not consider further at this time) Sterilisation People with disability
182 Prohibit the sterilization of persons with disabilities, unless they provide their free and informed consent

​ 		Notes (will not consider further at this time) Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Sterilisation People with disability
183 Adopt national uniform legislation prohibiting, except where there is a serious threat to life or health, the sterilisation of children and of adults with disability, in the absence of prior, fully informed and free consent

​ 		Notes (will not consider further at this time) Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Sterilisation Children, People with disability
184 Prohibit the non-therapeutic sterilization of any individual who is not mentally competent to consent

​ 		Notes (will not consider further at this time) Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Sterilisation Children, People with disability
185 Provide comprehensive disability protection, with particular attention to the rights of children, while avoiding medical and political practices that affect the freedom and dignity of persons with disabilities

​ 		Accepts Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Sterilisation Children, People with disability
186 Continue its efforts for a full implementation, in all levels, of the National Disability Strategy

​ 		Accepts Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks People with disability
187 Establish a supported decision-making framework in relation with people with disabilities Notes (will further consider) Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks People with disability
188 Strengthen measures concerning people with disabilities

​ 		Accepts General People with disability
189 Continue implementing legislation to address the multiple forms of discrimination on the basis of disability

​ 		Accepts Equality and non-discrimination, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks People with disability
190 Continue to promote and support programmes such as the Jobs Access Gateway to equip persons with disabilities with the appropriate skills to secure gainful employment Accepts Employment People with disability
191 Strengthen measures to prevent all forms of discrimination, ill-treatment or violence against persons with disabilities

​​ 		Accepts Equality and non-discrimination, Violence, abuse and mistreatment People with disability
192 Address on a priority basis to, at the administrative and legislative level, the issue of the detention of persons with disabilities who have not been convicted

​​​ 		Accepts Criminal justice, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks People with disability
193 Reinforce the measures to improve conditions of detention, especially for persons with disabilities and the young, as well as to eliminate corporal punishment

​ 		Accepts Conditions in detention, Criminal justice People with disability, Children
194 Prevent the indefinite detention of persons with mental disabilities

​ 		Notes (will further consider) Criminal justice People with disability
195 Introduce measures to address issues related to the treatment of persons with disabilities, including considering the implementation of recommendations from both the Australian Law Reform Commission’s report on Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws, and the Senate inquiry into high levels of violence and abuse of persons with disabilities in institutional and residential settings Notes (will further consider) Violence, abuse and mistreatment, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks, Implementation of recommendations and follow-up People with disability
196 Guarantee the end of the unwarranted use of prisons for the management of persons with disabilities

​ 		Notes (will further consider) Criminal justice People with disability
197 Set up a commission of National Independent Inquiry on Violence and Abuse against People with Disability Notes (will further consider) Violence, abuse and mistreatment People with disability
198 Conduct a national independent investigation into cases of violence and degrading treatment of persons with disabilities and persons suffering from mental illness in institutions and homes for the disabled Notes (will further consider) Violence, abuse and mistreatment People with disability
199 Prevent the excessive use of force by the police and investigate all complaints thoroughly

​ 		Accepts Criminal justice, Violence, abuse and mistreatment All people
200 Intensify efforts to improve conditions in prisons, in particular to address the problem of overcrowding and the high mortality in prisons

​​​​ 		Accepts Criminal justice, Conditions in detention N/A
201 Ensure access to justice by all, including by repealing laws on mandatory sentencing

​​ 		Notes (will not consider further at this time) Criminal justice, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks All people
202 Adopt the recommendation by the UN Committee against Torture to review mandatory sentencing laws with a view to abolishing them

​ 		Notes (will not consider further at this time) Criminal justice, Implementation of recommendations and follow-up, Domestic legal, institutional and policy frameworks N/A
203 Continue efforts to train authorities involved in the administration and handling of justice in cases that affect indigenous peoples on the human rights of this group of society and review the cases of indigenous detainees, in particular children and women, with a view to providing them adequate assistance

​ 		Accepts Criminal justice, Human rights education Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Women and girls, Children
204 Continue to work, in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, to reduce indigenous incarceration rates

​​ 		Accepts Criminal justice, Consultation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
205 Increase efforts to reduce the imprisonment of indigenous Australians

​​ 		Accepts Criminal justice Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
206 Amend its electoral legislation so that any deprivation of the right to vote of citizens serving a prison sentence is reasonable and proportionate and applied only for the committing of the most serious crimes Notes (will not consider further at this time) Criminal justice, Other N/A
207 Put equal emphasis and commitment on the realization of economic, social and cultural rights

​ 		Accepts Other, General All people
208 Consider treating economic, social and cultural rights on the same footing, and with the same emphasis as civil and political rights

​ 		Accepts Other, General All people
209 Protect the rights of older persons and persons with disability to ensure their access to the labour market

​ 		Accepts Equality and non-discrimination, Employment People with disability, Older people
210 Take measures to ensure the universal access to healthcare services, paying particular attention to the needs of persons living in rural and remote areas

​ 		Accepts Equal access to services, Health, Remote Indigenous communities N/A