Footnotes

[1]        Absolute rights are: the right not to be subjected to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; the right not to be subjected to slavery; the right not to be imprisoned for inability to fulfil a contract; the right not to be subject to retrospective criminal laws; the right to recognition as a person before the law.

Chapter 1 - New and continuing matters - Response required

[1]        See Parliament of Australia website, 'Journals of the Senate', http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Chamber_documents/Senate_chamber_documents/Journals_of_the_Senate.

[2]        See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-first Report of the 44^th Parliament (24 March 2015); Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty‑third Report of the 44th Parliament (18 June 2015); and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty‑fifth Report of the 44th Parliament (11 August 2015).

[3]        See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-second Report of the 44^th Parliament (13 May 2015).

[4]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Nineteenth Report of the 44th Parliament (3 March 2015) 45-50.

[5]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-second Report of the 44^th Parliament (13 May 2015) 187-190.

[6]        Explanatory Statement (ES), Statement of Compatibility (SoC) 3.

[7]        Explanatory Statement (ES), Statement of Compatibility (SoC) 3.

[8]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Sixth Report of 2013 (May 2013) 189-191.

[9]        ES, SoC 3.

[10]        Appendix II; See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Guidance Note 1 - Drafting Statements of Compatibility (December 2014) http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/Senate/committee/humanrights_ctte/guidance_notes/guidance_note_1/guidance_note_1.pdf.

[11]        See Attorney-General's Department, Template 2: Statement of compatibility for a bill or legislative instrument that raises human rights issues at http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/PublicSector/Pages/Statementofcompatibilitytemplates.aspx.

[12]        ES, SoC 3.

[13]        ES, SoC 3.

[14]        See sections 3.2 to 3.6 of the 2015 Guidelines.

[15]        See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Third Report of 2013 (March 2013) 12‑15 and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Sixth Report of 2013 (May 2013) 205-211.

[16]        Appendix II; See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Guidance Note 1 - Drafting Statements of Compatibility (December 2014) http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/Senate/committee/humanrights_ctte/guidance_notes/guidance_note_1/guidance_note_1.pdf.

[17]        See Attorney-General's Department, Template 2: Statement of compatibility for a bill or legislative instrument that raises human rights issues at http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/PublicSector/Pages/Statementofcompatibilitytemplates.aspx.

[18]        Paragraph 6(f) of the Radiocommunications (Citizen Band Radio Stations) Class Licence 2015  and subsection 8(4) of the Radiocommunications (Overseas Amateurs Visiting Australia) Class Licence 2015.

[19]        See subsection 7(2) of the Radiocommunications Act 1992 which defines a 'radiocommunications transmitter' as a transmitter designed or intended for the purpose of radiocommunication. Section 6 defines 'radiocommunication' as radio emission or reception of radio emission for the purpose of communicating information. Subsection 8(2) defines a transmitter as anything designed, intended or capable of radio emission.

[20]        See, generally, Human Rights Committee, General comment No 34 (Article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression), CCPR/C/GC/34, paras 21-36 (2011).

[21]        Explanatory Statement (ES), Statement of Compatibility (SoC) 6.

[22]        Appendix II; See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Guidance Note 1 - Drafting Statements of Compatibility (December 2014) http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/Senate/committee/humanrights_ctte/guidance_notes/guidance_note_1/guidance_note_1.pdf.

[23]        See Attorney-General's Department, Template 2: Statement of compatibility for a bill or legislative instrument that raises human rights issues at http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/PublicSector/Pages/Statementofcompatibilitytemplates.aspx.

[24]        See UN Human Rights Committee, General comment No 34 (Article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression), CCPR/C/GC/34, para 11.

[25]        Handyside v United Kingdom (1976) 1 EHRR 737.

[26]        See UN Human Rights Committee, General comment No 34 (Article 19: Freedoms of opinion and expression), CCPR/C/GC/34, para 35.

[27]        See section 4 of the Social Security (Parenting payment participation requirements—classes of persons) (DEEWR) Specification 2011 (No. 1).

[28]        See section 4 of the Social Security (Parenting payment participation requirements—classes of persons) (DEEWR) Specification 2011 (No. 1).

[29]        Explanatory Statement, Statement of Compatibility, 1.

[30]        The prohibited grounds are race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Under 'other status' the following have been held to qualify as prohibited grounds: age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence within a country and sexual orientation.

[31]        UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment 18, Non-discrimination (1989).

[32]        Althammer v Austria HRC 998/01, [10.2].

[33]        Appendix II; See Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Guidance Note 1 - Drafting Statements of Compatibility (December 2014) http://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/Senate/committee/humanrights_ctte/guidance_notes/guidance_note_1/guidance_note_1.pdf.

[34]        See Attorney-General's Department, Template 2: Statement of compatibility for a bill or legislative instrument that raises human rights issues at http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/PublicSector/Pages/Statementofcompatibilitytemplates.aspx.

[35]        See Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, The effectiveness of Australia's military justice system, June 2005.

[36]        Defence Legislation Amendment Act 2006.

[37]        See Explanatory Memorandum (EM) to the Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2006, notes on clauses 3(b).

[38]        Lane v Morrison [2009] HCA 29.

[39]        See EM to the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2009, 1.

[40]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Sixth Report of 2013 (15 May 2013) 40.

[41]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-second Report of the 44^th Parliament (13 May 2015) 42-46.

[42]        See the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Act 2011 (extended the period of appointment to four years) and Military Justice (Interim Measures) Amendment Act 2013 (extended the period of appointment to six years).

[43]        The legislative instrument would not be subject to disallowance.

[44]      UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 32 (2007) para [22].

[45]      UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 32 (2007) paras [19]-[20].

[46]      EM 3.

[47]      See Appendix 1, Letter from the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, Minister for Defence, to the Hon Philip Ruddock MP (dated 10 June 2015) 1-3.

[48]      See, for example, Cooper v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, Application No. 48843/99, 26 January 2005 (cf the earlier system of military justice which raised concerns regarding the perception of independence and impartiality: Findlay v United Kingdom European Court of Human Rights, (1997) 24 EHRR 221).

[49]      See items 2 and 4 of Schedule 3 of the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009.

[50]      See item 8 of Schedule 3 of the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009.

[51]      See item 8(2) of Schedule 3 of the Military Justice (Interim Measures) Act (No. 1) 2009.

[52]      Campbell and Fell v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, Application No. 7819/77 and 7878/77, 28 June 1984, para 80. See also Morris v the United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, Application No. 38784/97, 26 May 2002, para 68 and Cooper v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, Application No. 48843/99, 26 January 2005, para 118.

[53]      Cooper v United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, Application No. 48843/99, 26 January 2005, para 104.

[54]      See UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 32 (2007) para [22].

[55]        See Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances website, 'Disallowance Alert 2015', http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Regulations_and_Ordinances/Alerts.

[56]        See UN Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 32, Article 14: Right to equality before courts and tribunals and to a fair trial, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/GC/32 (2007). See also Lindon v Australia, Communication No. 646/1995 (25 November 1998), para. 6.4.

Chapter 2 - Concluded matters - Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2015

[1]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twentieth Report of the 44th Parliament (18 March 2015) 10-14.

[2]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-third Report of the 44th Parliament (18 June 2015) 7-11.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum (EM), Statement of Compatibility (SoC) 44.

[4]        See item 21 of the bill.

[5]        See item 21 of the bill.

[6]        See item 41 of the bill, proposed new subsection 15(4).

[7]        See item 41 of the bill, proposed new subsection 15(4).

[8]        See item 41 of the bill, proposed new subsection 15(4B).

[9]        See item 17 of the bill.

[10]      See item 17 of the bill.

[11]      See Appendix 2, Letter from the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, Minister for Defence, to the Hon Philip Ruddock MP (dated 30 July 2015) 1-2.

[12]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Eighteenth Report of the 44th Parliament (10 February 2015) 37-39.

[13]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Nineteenth Report of the 44th Parliament (3 March 2015) 109-111.

[14]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Nineteenth Report of the 44th Parliament (3 March 2015) 110.

[15]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Twenty-second Report of the 44^th Parliament (13 May 2015) 111-115.

[16]        Explanatory Statement (ES) 12.

[17]        See Appendix 1, Letter from Senator the Hon George Brandis, Attorney-General, to the Hon Philip Ruddock MP (dated 24 June 2015) 1-2.

[18]        ES 12-13.

[19]        ES 8.

[20]        See Appendix 1, Letter from Senator the Hon George Brandis, Attorney-General, to the Hon Philip Ruddock MP (dated 24 June 2015) 2-3.