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118 Unfinished business: Koori women and the justice system
Legislation
Bail Act 1977 (Vic)
.
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
(Public Authorities) Regulations 2009
(Vic).
Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act
2006
(Vic).
Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic).
Confiscation Act 1997 (Vic).
Control of Weapons Act 1990 (Vic).
Corrections Act 1986 (Vic).
Corrections Regulations 2009 (Vic).
Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic).
Equal Opportunity Act 2010 (Vic).
Firearms Act 1996 (Vic).
Infringement (General) Regulations 2006 (Vic).
Infringements Act 2006 (Vic).
Magistrates' Court (Koori Court) Act 2002 (Vic).
Sentencing Act 1991 (Vic).
Supported Accommodation and Assistance Act
1984
(Cth).
Treaties
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
opened for signature 10 December 1984, 1465
UNTS 85 (entered into force 26 June 1987).
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women
, opened for
signature 18 December 1979, 1249 UNTS 13
(entered into force on 3 September 1981)
Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened
for signature 20 November 1989, 1577 UNTS 3
(entered into force on 2 September 1990).
International Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Racial Discrimination,
opened for
signature 21 December 1965, 660 UNTS 195
(entered into force on 4 January 1969).
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
opened for signature 19 December 1966, 999
UNTS 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976).
International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights,
opened for signature 19 December
1966, 999 UNTS 3 (entered into force 3 January 1976).
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples,
GA Res 61/295, UN GAOR,
61
st
sess, 107
th
plen mtg, Supp No 49, UN Doc A/
RES/61/295 (13 September 2007).
United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the
Treatment of Prisoners,
adopted by ESC Res 663C
(XXIV), UN ESCOR, Supp No 1, UN Doc. E/3048
(31 July 1957), amended by ESC Res 2076 (LXII),
UN ESCOR, Supp No 1, UN Doc. E/5988 (13 May
1977).
Other
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Corrective Services
cat 4512.0 December Quarter 2012 (2013).
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Prisoners in
Australia, 2012
cat 4517.0 (2013).
Australian Bureau of Statistics, The Health and
Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples
(2010). <http://www.abs.gov.au/
AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/lookup/4704.0Chapter510O
ct+2010>.
Australian Bureau of Statistics, The Health and
Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples
(2010).
Australian Government, Australian Bureau of
Statistics, 2011 Census QuickStats: Victoria (2011)
<http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_
services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/2>.
Committee on the Rights of the Child,
Consideration of reports submitted by States
parties under article 44 of the Convention-
Concluding observations: Australia,
UN Doc
CRC/C/Aus/Co/4 (2012).
State of Victoria, Parliamentary Debates,
Legislative Assembly, 17 April 2013, 1266-8
(Robert Clark, Attorney-General).