Chapter 2 - Other Legislation [2020] AUPJCHR 97 (17 June 2020)

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Chapter 2^[1]

Other legislation

2.1 This chapter provides an assessment of the human rights compatibility of:

• two bills introduced into the Parliament on 13 and 14 May (consideration of which had previously been deferred); ^[2] and

• one bill previously reported on.

2.2 The committee has also assessed the human rights compatibility of legislative instruments registered on the Federal Register of Legislation between

13 May 2020 and 5 June 2020.^[3] This includes the Autonomous Sanctions (Designated and Declared Persons and Entities – Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Continuing Effect Declaration 2020 (No 1) [F2020L00638]. The committee has considered the human rights compatibility of similar instruments on a number of occasions.^[4] As this legislative instrument does not appear to designate or declare any individuals who are currently within Australia's jurisdiction, the committee makes no comment in relation to this specific instrument at this time.

2.3 The committee has determined not to comment on the remaining non-COVID-19 related instruments from this period on the basis that the instruments do not engage, or only marginally engage, human rights; promote human rights; and/or permissibly limit human rights.

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[1] This section can be cited as Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Other legislation, Report 7 of 2020; [2020] AUPJCHR 97.

[2] Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report 6 of 2020; p. 22, namely the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill 2020 and the Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2020.

[3] The committee examines all legislative instruments registered in the relevant period, as listed on the Federal Register of Legislation. To identify all of the legislative instruments scrutinised by the committee during this period (including legislation made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic), select 'legislative instruments' as the relevant type of legislation, select the event as 'assent/making', and input the relevant registration date range in the Federal Register of Legislation’s advanced search function, available at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/AdvancedSearch.

[4] See, most recently, Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Report 2 of 2019 (2 April 2019) pp. 112-122; Report 6 of 2018 (26 June 2018) pp. 104-131.See also Report 4 of 2018 (8 May 2018) pp. 64-83; Report 3 of 2018 (26 March 2018) pp. 82-96; Report 9 of 2016 (22 November 2016) pp. 41-55; Thirty-third Report of the 44th Parliament (2 February 2016) pp. 17-25; Twenty-eighth Report of the 44th Parliament (17 September 2015) pp. 15-38; Tenth Report of 2013 (26 June 2013) pp. 13-19; Sixth Report of 2013 (15 May 2013) pp. 135-137.