Contents

Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Report 71 Treaty tabled on 29 November 2005

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February 2006
Canberra

 

© Commonwealth of Australia 2005
ISBN 0 642 78748 4 (printed version)
ISBN 0 642 78749 2 (HTML version)


Contents

Membership of the Committee
Resolution of appointment
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Appendix A Submissions
Appendix B Witnesses

Membership of the Committee

Chair

Dr Andrew Southcott MP

 

Acting Chair

Mrs Margaret May MP
(from  5/9/2005 until 11/12/2005 )

 

Deputy Chair

Mr Kim Wilkie MP

 

Members

Hon Dick Adams MP

 

Senator Andrew Bartlett

 

Mr Michael Johnson MP

 

Senator Carol Brown

 

 

Mr Michael Keenan MP

 

Senator Brett Mason

 

Ms Sophie Panopoulos MP

 

Senator Santo Santoro

 

Mr Bernie Ripoll MP

Senator Glenn Sterle

 

Hon Bruce Scott MP

Senator Russell Trood

 

 

Senator Dana Wortley

Committee Secretariat

Secretary

Gillian Gould

Inquiry Secretary

Stephanie Mikac

Research Officer

Serica Mackay

Administrative Officer

Heidi Luschtinetz

 

 

Resolution of appointment

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report upon:

  1. matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions presented or deemed to be presented to the Parliament;
  2. any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by:
    1. either House of the Parliament, or
    2. a Minister; and
  3. such other matters as may be referred to the committee by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and on such conditions as the Minister may prescribe.

List of abbreviations

Cth

Commonwealth

ITP

International Transfer of Prisoners

NIA

National Interest Analysis

 

List of recommendations

2 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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