Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Report 71 Treaty tabled on 29 November 2005

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

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

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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