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Chair |
Mr Kelvin Thomson MP |
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Deputy Chair |
Senator Simon Birmingham |
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Members |
Ms Sharon Bird MP |
Senator David Fawcett |
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Mr Jamie Briggs MP |
Senator Scott Ludlam |
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Mr Laurie Ferguson |
Senator the Hon Lisa Singh |
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Mr John Forrest MP |
Senator Matthew Thistlethwaite |
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Ms Sharon Grierson MP |
Senator Anne Urquhart |
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Mr Harry Jenkins MP |
Senator Dean Smith |
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Ms Kirsten Livermore MP |
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Ms Melissa Parke MP |
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Ms Michelle Rowland MP |
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The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP |
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Secretary |
James Catchpole David Monk |
Inquiry Secretary |
Kevin Bodel |
Senior Researcher |
Dr Andrew Gaczol |
Administrative Officers |
Heidi Luschtinetz |
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Michaela Whyte |
The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report on:
a) 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;
b) 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
c) 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.
The Committee supports the Resolution MEPC.193(61): (Revised MARPOL Annex III: Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form) Adopted at London on 1 October 2010 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
The Committee supports the Amendments to Appendices I and II to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn, 23 June 1979) done at Bergen on 25 November 2011 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
The Committee supports the Agreement between Australia and the European Union Amending the Agreement on Mutual Recognition in relation to Conformity Assessment (MRA), Certificates and Markings between the European Community and Australia done at Brussels on 23 February 2012 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
The Committee supports the Convention providing a Uniform Law on the Form of an International Will done at Washington D.C. on 26 October 1973 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
That the Australian Government work with the states and territories to implement a national preventive mechanism fully compliant with the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment done at New York on 18 December 2002 as quickly as possible on ratification of the Optional Protocol and the exercise of Article 24 of that Protocol.
The Committee supports the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment done at New York on 18 December 2002 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
The Committee supports the Amendments to the Agreement Establishing the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, adopted at London on 30 September 2011 and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.
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