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Next review: 2026
Recommendations received by Australia Recommendations made by Australia

Timeline for UPR engagement in the current cycle

Review phasei
Close
From the date of the Working Group session until the Adoption outcome report (approximately 4- 6 months)
Follow up phasei
Close
Approximately 3 years starting from the Adoption of the outcome reports
National consultations and drafting phasei
Close
1 year before the next Working Group
Advocacy phasei
Close
From the submission of Other Stakeholders reports until Working group session (approximately 7 months).
UPR Working Group
18-01-2021
Adoption outcome report
07-2021
Stakeholders report deadline
25-06-2025
National report deadline
01-10-2025
Pre session
01-12-2025
UPR Working Group
01-01-2026

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

WWDA - Women With Disabilities Australia
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/37/AUS/1
EN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/37/AUS/2
EN
FR
RU
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/37/AUS/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

Civil society and other submissions

PS 37 Indigenous Peoples Organisation Factsheet
EN
FR
ES
PS 37 Stmt Australian Human Rights Commission
EN
PS 37 Stmt Australian NGO Coalition
EN
PS 37 Stmt Environmental Defenders Office
EN
PS 37 Stmt Indigenous Peoples Organisation
EN
PS 37 Stmt NATSILS
EN
PS 37 Stmt Refugee Council of Australia
EN

NHRI submissions

AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission
EN

NGO submissions

AI - Amnesty International
EN
ASA - Anti-Slavery Australia
EN
CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation
EN
ECLJ - European Centre for Law and Justice
EN
FMSI - Marist International Solidarity Foundation
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
HR4A - Human Rights for All
EN
HRW - Human Rights Watch
EN
JAI - Just Atonement Inc
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
JS10 - Joint Submission 10
EN
JS11 - Joint Submission 11
EN
JS12 - Joint Submission 12
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
EN
JS6 - Joint Submission 6
EN
JS7 - Joint Submission 7
EN
JS8 - Joint Submission 8
EN
JS9 - Joint Submission 9
EN
LCA - Law Council of Australia
EN
ODVV - Organization for Defending Victim of Violence
EN
SHRL - Stockholm Human Rights Lab
EN
WILPF Australia - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Australia
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNHCR Submission
EN

Review in the Working Group

Questions written in advance

Advanced Questions
EN
Advanced Questions - 1
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/47/8
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/47/8/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/23/AUS/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/23/AUS/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/23/AUS/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission
EN
AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission - Annex
EN

Annex NHRI submissions

AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission - Annex
EN

NGO submissions

ADF International - ADF International
EN
AI - Amnesty International
EN
Congress - National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
EN
GIEACPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
HRW - Human Rights Watch
EN
ICJ - International Commission of Jurists
EN
ISHR - International Service for Human Rights
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2 - Annex
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3 - Annex
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
JS5 - Joint Submission 5
EN
JS5 - Joint Submission 5 - Annex
EN
KALT - Kaurareg Aboriginal Land Trust
EN
KALT - Kaurareg Aboriginal Land Trust - Annex
EN
LCA - Law Council of Australia
EN
National Seniors - National Seniors Australia
EN
NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS)
EN
NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) - Annex
EN
ODVV - Organization for Defending Victim of Violence
EN
RCOA - Refugee Council of Australia
EN
RCOA - Refugee Council of Australia - Annex
EN
STPI - Society for Threatened Peoples International
EN
WILPF - Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
EN
WVA - World Vision Australia
EN

Annex NGO submissions

JS2 - Joint Submission 2 - Annex
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3 - Annex
EN
JS5 - Joint Submission 5 - Annex
EN
KALT - Kaurareg Aboriginal Land Trust - Annex
EN
NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) - Annex
EN
RCOA - Refugee Council of Australia - Annex
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
EN
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/23/L.11
EN

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions
EN
EN
EN
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/31/14
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/31/14/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN
A/HRC/31/14/Corr.1
EN

Corrigendum Addendum

A/HRC/31/14/Corr.1
EN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/31/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its thirty-first session
EN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Australia
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

AI - Amnesty International
EN
Australian National Human Rights Commission
EN
Edmund Rice International (Joint Statement)
EN
Franciscans International
EN
Human Rights Watch
EN
International Lesbian and Gay Association
EN
National Association of Community Legal Centres
EN
Pan-African Union for Science and Technology
EN
Sisters of Mercy (Joint Statement)
EN

Civil Society Materials

Follow-up statement by other stakeholders

Follow-up statement by other stakeholders

Oral statement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (March 2013)
EN
Oral statement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (March 2014)
EN
Oral statement by the Human Rights Law Center (Sept 2014)
EN
Oral statement by the Human Rights Law Centre (June 2013)
EN
Written statement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (March 2014)
EN
Written statement by the Human Rights Law Centre (2012)
EN

Follow-up

Civil society and other mid-term reports

Australian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) UPR Progress Report (2012)
EN
Australian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) UPR Progress Report (2013)
EN
Australian Human Rights Commission's (AHRC) UPR Progress Report (2014)
EN

Official OHCHR documents

National report

National report

A/HRC/WG.6/10/AUS/1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Corrigendum National report

A/HRC/WG.6/10/AUS/1 - Corrigendum
EN

Compilation of UN information

Compilation of UN information

A/HRC/WG.6/10/AUS/2
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Summary of other stakeholders information

Summary of other stakeholders information

A/HRC/WG.6/10/AUS/3
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Follow-up

Follow-up

Oral statement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (March 2013)
EN
Oral statement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (March 2014)
EN
Oral statement by the Human Rights Law Center (Sept 2014)
EN
Oral statement by the Human Rights Law Centre (June 2013)
EN
Written statement by the Australian Human Rights Commission (March 2014)
EN
Written statement by the Human Rights Law Centre (2012)
EN

Mid-term Implementation Assessment

UPR Info's Mid-term Implementation Assessment
EN

Civil society and other submissions

NHRI submissions

AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission
EN
AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission - Annex
EN
EN

Annex NHRI submissions

AHRC - Australian Human Rights Commission - Annex
EN
EN

NGO submissions

ACAN - Australian Corporate Accountability Network
EN
ACSJC - Australian Catholic Social Justice Council
EN
AI - Amnesty International
EN
GCI - Gender Centre Inc
EN
GIECPC - Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
EN
IPA - International Presentation Association
EN
JS1 - Joint Submission 1
EN
JS2 - Joint Submission 2
EN
JS3 - Joint Submission 3
EN
JS4 - Joint Submission 4
EN
Oceania HR
EN
RCOA - Refugee Council of Australia
EN
WVA - World Vision Australia
EN

UN Agencies submissions

UNHCR - UN High Commissioner for Refugees
EN

Review in the Working Group

Report of the Working group (draft)

A/HRC/WG.6/10/L.8
EN

Questions written in advance

Advance written questions
EN
EN

Questions written in advance additional

Advance written questions
EN

Adoption in the Plenary session

Report of the Working group (final)

A/HRC/17/10
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Addendum

A/HRC/17/10/Add.1
EN
FR
ES
RU
AR
CN

Report of the HRC session

A/HRC/17/2: Report of the Human Rights Council on its seventeenth session
EN

Oral statement by the State under Review (adoption)

Statement by Australia
EN

Oral statement by other stakeholders (adoption)

Amnesty International
EN
Australian Human Rights Commission
EN
Franciscans International
EN
Human Rights Watch
EN
ILGA - Europe
EN
Indian Council of South America
EN
Islamic Human Rights Commision
EN
RADDHO
FR
Save the Children
EN
Sudwind
EN
The National Association of Community Legal Centers Inc.
EN
World Association for the School as an Instrument of Peace
EN

Written statements by other stakeholders (adoption)

Amnesty International
EN
National Association of Community Legal Centres
EN

News

Related documents

WWDA - Women With Disabilities Australia (EN)
Human Rights Watch (EN)
Edmund Rice International (Joint Statement) (EN)
Franciscans International (EN)