Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
Current Inquiries
- Convention Square Kilometre Array Observatory
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 09 September 2019
This inquiry will examine the Convention establishing the Square Kilometre Array Observatory.
- Investments Uruguay
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 31 July 2019
This inquiry will examine the Agreement between Australia and the Oriental Republic of Uruguay on the Promotion and Protection of Investments.
- ISDS UN Convention
Status: Accepting Submissions
Date Referred: 31 July 2019
This inquiry will examine the United Nations Conventions on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration.
Minor Treaty Actions
Minor Treaty Actions, or Category 3 treaty actions, include treaty actions that do not impact significantly on the national interest and are likely to have negligible financial or legal effect within Australia.
The Committee has the discretion to inquire formally into minor treaty actions or indicate its acceptance of them without a formal inquiry. If the Committee decides that binding treaty action can be taken for a minor treaty action without a formal inquiry, then this decision will be noted in the next report of the Committee tabled in Parliament.
Minor Treaty Actions - 2007 to Present
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Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
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jsct@aph.gov.au