Abbreviations

AFPAustralian Federal Police
AGDAttorney-General’s Department
AHRCAustralian Human Rights Commission
ASIOAustralian Security Intelligence Organisation
CDPPCommonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions
COVID-19SARS-COVID-2 virus
DFATDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Foreign Fighters Bill
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014
Home AffairsDepartment of Home Affairs
ICCPR
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
INSLM
Independent National Security Legislation Monitor
PJCISParliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
UKUnited Kingdom

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About this inquiry

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has commenced a statutory review into the ‘declared area’ provisions, listed in sections 119.2 and 119.3 of the Criminal Code Act 1995.

The provisions were introduced as part of the Foreign Fighters Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendments in 2014, and make it an offence for a person to enter, or remain in, declares areas if a foreign country, historically on the basis of regional terrorism activity. Under a sunset clause, the provisions are due to expire on 7 September 2021.



Past Public Hearings

22 Sep 2020: Canberra