List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.21

The Committee recommends that the Government take note that each year the Committee will:

adopt an inquiry into the annual report of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;

refer this annual report inquiry to the Human Rights Sub-Committee, to enable the Sub-Committee to hold public hearings and report to the parliament on important human rights issues; and

prepare an annual report on the activities of the Human Rights Sub‑Committee for presentation to the parliament.

Recommendation 2

4.52

The Committee recommends that the Australian Government work with Australian universities to apply the November 2021 University Foreign Interference Taskforce Guidelines and publish annually a report documenting incidents of harassment, intimidation and censorship affecting international students at Australian universities, and steps taken by the universities to counter those threats.

Recommendation 3

4.53

The Committee recommends that the Australian Government work with Australian universities under the November 2021 University Foreign Interference Taskforce Guidelines to establish a mechanism for students at Australian universities to safely report harassment, intimidation, pressures of censorship or self-censorship, and acts of retaliation involving foreign governments.

Recommendation 4

5.85

The Committee recommends that the Australian Government advocate through all available channels and measures for the restoration of peace in Tigray.

Recommendation 5

5.86

The Committee recommends that the Australian Government consider increasing Australia's humanitarian assistance to respond to the crisis and continue to provide consular assistance to Australians in Ethiopia.

Recommendation 6

5.87

The Committee recommends that the Government note that, to ensure community voices are heard and important human rights issued are placed on the public record and reported to parliament, the Committee will:

hold an annual public hearing roundtable on a human rights issue or issues; and

include evidence heard at this public hearing roundtable in the Human Rights Sub-Committee’s annual report to the parliament (see Recommendation 1).

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