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AUSTRALIA (Continent)


Website: http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/

Date of Last Update: 07-16-2008

Relevant Links

Links
World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems
Australian Crime Commission
Australian High Tech Crime Centre
National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund
CRIMTRAC


Police

Links
Australian Federal Police
Australian Border Protection Command
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity
Australasian Institute of Policing
Australasian Centre for Policing Research


Corrections

Links
The International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
New South Wales Department of Corrective Services
Government of South Australia Department of Correctional Services


Prosecution/Defense Contacts

Links
Australian Government Attorney-Generals Department


Relevant NGOs

Links
Prison Fellowship Australia


INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND AGREEMENTS IMPACTING ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

TreatySignedRatified
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Yes Yes
First Optional Protocol to the ICCPR Yes Yes
Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR Yes Yes
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Yes Yes
Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Yes Yes
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Yes Yes
International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention no. 29: Forced Labour Convention, 1930 Yes Yes
ILO Convention no. 105: Abolition for Forced Labour Convention, 1957 Yes Yes
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War Yes Yes
Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions Yes Yes
Protocol II Additional to the Geneval Convention Yes Yes
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Yes Yes
Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees Yes Yes
United Nations Convention against Corruption Yes No
Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft No Yes
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft Yes Yes
Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation Yes Yes
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents Yes Yes
International Convention against the taking of hostages No Yes
Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation No Yes
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and that Convention as amended by the 1972 Protocol No Yes
Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 No Yes
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 No No
International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism Yes Yes
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Yes Yes
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Yes No
Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunitions, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Yes No
United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Yes No


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Joined UN 1 Nov 1945

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