Amnesty International Australia has made a submission on Australia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review.
In July 2025, Amnesty International Australia (AIA) made a submission to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) with 26 recommendations.
These reflect long-held AIA positions which are the basis of our ongoing work, including our campaigns for a federal Human Rights Act; on Youth Justice, calling to raise the age of criminal responsibility, implement a National Youth Justice Framework and end the use of torturous practices against young people in custody; and campaigns against offshore and mandatory detention of refugees, and for permanency for people seeking asylum. They also reflect more recent AIA focuses on the Gaza crisis, and on climate justice.
The Australian Government should use this fourth Universal Periodic Review as an opportunity to rectify several serious gaps and failings in the protection of human rights in Australia subject to previous UPR recommendations, and in our global responsibilities not to support serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law; and to take real action on climate change, by making early, voluntary commitments to address these issues.
Rather than relying on other States to highlight the deep concerns raised by human rights and civil society groups like Amnesty, on the lack of legislated federal human rights protection for all Australians, the overincarceration of First Nations children, treatment of refugees stuck in long-term limbo, arms trade issues and climate change action, Australia can proactively commit to materially improve the enjoyment and recognition of human rights in Australia.
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