The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties is appointed by a resolution of appointment passed by the House of Representatives on 21 November 2013 and the Senate on 2 December 2013. The committee was appointed to inquire into and report on:
matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions and related Explanatory Statements presented or deemed to be presented to the Parliament;
any question relating to a treaty or other international instrument, whether or not negotiated to completion, referred to the committee by: (i) either House of the Parliament, or (ii) a Minister; and (iii) 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.
Committee activities (inquiries and reports)
Committee Members
Committee establishment, role and history
Australian Treaties Library
Australia and International Treaty Making Information Kit (A publication by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Australian Treaties Database (The Australian Treaties Database (ATD) is an on-line resource for researching treaties to which Australia is a signatory, or where Australia has taken other treaty action.)
Read tabled reports from the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
The Committee Secretariat can be contacted at:
Committee Secretary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties PO Box 6021 Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA
Phone: (02) 6277 4002 Fax: (02) 6277 2219 email: jsct@aph.gov.au
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