Australia’s 4th UPR – CSO Consultation on the draft national report

FDPN calls on the Australian Government to make the following voluntary commitments in the spirit of Australia’s ongoing efforts to promote and protect human rights domestically and internationally:

1. To fund a national LGBTIQA+ refugee-led peak body to support settlement policy development and implementation.
2. To prioritise LGBTIQA+ people in all offshore and onshore humanitarian programs, community refugee sponsorship program and relevant complementary pathways, and operationalise these pathways in consultation with LGBTIQA+ refugee-led organisations.
3. To establish an NGO-led referral and resettlement model for LGBTIQA+ people fleeing persecution, to create safe entry points and prioritise those identified as most at risk for resettlement.
4. To enhance the capacity of all government and non-government services to provide tailored, appropriate, inclusive, and safe support to LGBTIQA+ forcibly displaced people.

5. To invest in data collection and research to monitor the experiences and outcomes of LGBTIQA+ refugees and people seeking asylum, enabling evidence- based policymaking.

    

   These recommendations directly align with Australia’s pledges under the Global Compact on Refugees, including: GRF-08280: Refugee-led responses; GRF-08279: Gender equality and GBV; GRF-07517: Settlement and integration reform; and GRF- 08322: Support in Asia-Pacific.