The Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department has concluded it consultation process for an exposure draft to update the Extradition Act and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act. Human Rights Law Centre said loopholes in Australia’s extradition procedures must be closed to prevent exposing people to human rights violations.
Read MoreThe Universal Periodic Review ('UPR') is a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council which reviews the human rights records of all 193 United Nations Member States.
Australia was last reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review in January 2011.
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