Joint Standing Committee on Treaties

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Report 71 Treaty tabled on 29 November 2005

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February 2006
Canberra

Membership of the Committee
Resolution of appointment
List of abbreviations
List of recommendations

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons
Appendix A Submissions
Appendix B Witnesses

Membership of the Committee

Chair	Dr Andrew Southcott MP
Acting Chair	Mrs Margaret May MP (from 5/9/2005 until 11/12/2005 )
Deputy Chair	Mr Kim Wilkie MP
Members	Hon Dick Adams MP	Senator Andrew Bartlett
	Mr Michael Johnson MP	Senator Carol Brown
	Mr Michael Keenan MP	Senator Brett Mason
	Ms Sophie Panopoulos MP	Senator Santo Santoro
	Mr Bernie Ripoll MP	Senator Glenn Sterle
	Hon Bruce Scott MP	Senator Russell Trood
		Senator Dana Wortley

Committee Secretariat

Secretary	Gillian Gould
Inquiry Secretary	Stephanie Mikac
Research Officer	Serica Mackay
Administrative Officer	Heidi Luschtinetz

Resolution of appointment

The Resolution of Appointment of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties allows it to inquire into and report upon:

matters arising from treaties and related National Interest Analyses and proposed treaty actions 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:

either House of the Parliament, or
a Minister; and

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.

List of abbreviations

Cth	Commonwealth
ITP	International Transfer of Prisoners
NIA	National Interest Analysis

List of recommendations

2 Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons

Recommendation 1

The Committee supports the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China concerning Transfer of Sentenced Persons and recommends that binding treaty action be taken.