Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights - Report 7 of 2021

1 These are the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD); the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT); the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC); and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). [...] 1) Bill 20211 Purpose This bill seeks to amend the Aged Care Act 1997 and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 to: • set out requirements and preconditions in relation to the use of restrictive practices; • empower the secretary of the Department of Health to conduct reviews in relation to the delivery and administration of home care arrangements; and • remove the requirement for t. [...] The final report of the Counsel Assisting the Commission recommended new requirements be introduced to regulate the use of restraints in residential aged care and that these requirements should be informed by the report of the independent review, the committee's 2019 inquiry report and the approach taken by the National Disability Insurance Scheme rules.7 The Royal Commission into Aged Care Qualit. [...] The information that must be included in a compliance notice under the NDIS Act is quite broad, including the name of the person or NDIS provider, the details of the (possible) non-compliance and the action that the person must take, or refrain from taking, to address the non-compliance.19 If the NDIS Provider Register were to include all information set out in a compliance notice, the scope of in. [...] 573; Erica-Irene A Daes, The Individual's Duties to the Community and the Limitations on Human Rights and Freedoms under Article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Study of the Special Rapporteur of the Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, E/CN.4/Sub.2/432/Rev.2 (1983), pp.