An inquiry into Australia’s efforts to advocate for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty.

The inquiry will:

1. Progress against the recommendations in the 2017 Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade report: A world without the death penalty: Australia's Advocacy for the Abolition of the Death Penalty;
   
   
2. Australia's international engagement to promote abolition of the death penalty;
   
   
3. Opportunities and risks for Australia to advocate for the abolition of the death penalty internationally, including:
   Engagement with international institutions and likeminded countries;
   
   a) Advocacy for Australians subject to or potentially subject to the death penalty;
   
   b) Addressing heightened risk of the death penalty based on sexual orientation and gender identity, ethnicity, religion and political beliefs;
   
   c) Cooperation with civil society and non-government organisations; and
   
   
4. Any related matters.