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More than just talk: Australia's human rights dialogues with China and Vietnam

20 August 2012

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Preliminary Pages	(PDF 154KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 54KB)
Conduct of the inquiry Structure of the report

Chapter 2 Australia’s Human Rights Dialogues	(PDF 256KB)
Overview of the Australia – China Dialogue Issues raised about Australia’s human rights Overview of the Australia – Vietnam Dialogue Issues raised about Australia’s human rights Overview of the Australia – Laos Dialogue Overview of the Australia – Iran Dialogue Community perceptions of Australia’s human rights dialogues Committee comment Roles and obligations of participating agencies Attorney General’s Department AusAID Australian Human Rights Commission Community perceptions of the roles of participating agencies Additional roles for dialogue participants Dialogue agendas Agenda focus Suggested additional themes for the agenda Human Rights Technical Cooperation Programs Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program with China Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program with Vietnam Review of the Technical Cooperation Programs Community perceptions of the Technical Cooperation Programs Committee comment Other issues Committee comment

Chapter 3 Parliamentary participation and oversight	(PDF 106KB)
Greater parliamentary participation Increased involvement of the Human Rights Sub‑Committee Liaison with committee counterparts in other countries Committee Comment Additional parliamentary involvement Committee comment

Chapter 4 Involvement of non-government organisations	(PDF 128KB)
Non-government organisations’ involvement in the China dialogue Non-government organisations’ involvement in the Vietnam dialogue Broader role for non-government organisations Committee comment

Chapter 5 Reporting requirements and mechanisms	(PDF 135KB)
Current level of reporting by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Reporting via the website Reporting via annual reports Current level of reporting by AusAID and the Australian Human Rights Commission Reporting on the Human Rights Technical Cooperation Program Community perceptions on reporting of the dialogues Community suggestions for enhanced reporting Committee comment

Chapter 6 Monitoring and evaluation of outcomes	(PDF 143KB)
Current level of monitoring and evaluation Human Rights Technical Cooperation Programs Community perceptions of monitoring and evaluation Community suggestions for enhanced monitoring Community suggestions for measuring outcomes Broader human rights principles Committee comment

Chapter 7 Adopting a bilateral human rights dialogue with other countries	(PDF 81KB)
Sri Lanka Other countries Committee comment

Chapter 8 Complementary human rights advocacy	(PDF 160KB)
Multilateral human rights advocacy The Universal Periodic Review Other multilateral human rights advocacy Bilateral human rights advocacy Committee comment Supporting national human rights institutions Committee comment Broader human rights advocacy Other suggestions Committee comment

Appendix A – List of Submissions	(PDF 37KB)

Appendix B – List of Exhibits	(PDF 74KB)

Appendix C – List of Hearings and Witnesses	(PDF 58KB)
Sydney, Monday, 5 September 2011 Canberra, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 Canberra, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 Canberra, Tuesday, 1 November 2011 Canberra, Tuesday, 24 November 2011 Sydney, Wednesday, 1 February 2012 Canberra, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 Melbourne, Friday, 24 February 2012 Brisbane, Monday, 5 March 2012 Canberra, Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Appendix D – Death penalty statistics – China, Iran and Vietnam	(PDF 60KB)

Appendix E – Engagement with non-government organisations since 2009	(PDF 69KB)
Australia – China Dialogue NGOs DFAT wrote to in advance of the 13th Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue NGOs DFAT wrote to in advance of the 12th Australia-China Human Rights Dialogue Australia – Vietnam Dialogue NGOs DFAT wrote to in advance of the 8th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue NGOs DFAT wrote to in advance of the 7th Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue Australia – Laos Dialogue