Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Report 69 Treaties tabled on 13 September and 11 October 2005

November 2005
Canberra

© Commonwealth of Australia 2005

ISBN 0 642 78727 1 (printed version)
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Contents

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

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Amendments to the Schedule to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
Chapter 3 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Appendix A Submissions
Appendix B Witnesses Monday, 7 November 2005 – Canberra

Membership of the Committee

Committee Secretariat

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

List of recommendations

3 Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.

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