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18 Oct 2017 · 4:32 PM · Division 12

United Nations Human Rights Council

Re-focus
Official title
Motions - United Nations Human Rights Council - Re-focus

Noes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
6
No
39
Not recorded voting
29

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Australian Conservatives Senator Cory Bernardi that called for the Senate to "use its term to focus the [United Nations Human Rights Council] on genuine abuses of human rights".

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) acknowledges Australia has secured a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC);

(b) notes that some past and present UNHRC member states have poor human rights records themselves;

(c) further notes the inordinate amount of time the UNHRC has devoted to criticising Israel; and

(d) urges the Australian Government to use its term to focus the UNHRC on genuine abuses of human rights, failing which the government should reconsider its engagement with the United Nations altogether.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
6
No
39
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party015
Liberal Party17
Australian Greens07
National Party04
Deputy Senate President02
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Country Liberal Party01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Independent01
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Liberal Democratic Party10
Liberal National Party01
Nick Xenophon Team01

How each member voted

Aye · 6

No · 39

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