Membership of the committee


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Membership of the committee

Members  
Senator Dean Smith, Chair Western Australia, LP
Mr Laurie Ferguson MP, Deputy Chair Werriwa, New South Wales, ALP
Senator Sue Boyce Queensland, LP
Dr David Gillespie MP Lyne, New South Wales, NAT
Mr Andrew Laming MP Bowman, Queensland, LP
Senator the Hon Kate Lundy Australia Capital Territory, ALP
Ms Michelle Rowland MP Greenway, New South Wales, ALP
Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens New South Wales, ALP
Senator Penny Wright South Australia, AG
Mr Ken Wyatt AM MP Hasluck, Western Australia, LP

Functions of the committee

The Committee has the following functions:

  1. to examine Bills for Acts, and legislative instruments, that come before either House of the Parliament for compatibility with human rights, and to report to both Houses of the Parliament on that issue;
  2. to examine Acts for compatibility with human rights, and to report to both Houses of the Parliament on that issue;
  3. to inquire into any matter relating to human rights which is referred to it by the Attorney-General, and to report to both Houses of the Parliament on that matter.

Secretariat

Mr Ivan Powell, Acting Committee Secretary
Mr Matthew Corrigan, Principal Research Officer
Dr Patrick Hodder, Senior Research Officer
Ms Hannah Dibley, Legislative Research Officer

External Legal Adviser

Professor Andrew Byrnes

Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Definition

CAT

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

CRPD

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

EM

Explanatory Memorandum

FRLI

Federal Register of Legislative Instruments

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICERD

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

PJCHR

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights

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