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CDI appears before the JSCFADT Human Rights Sub-Committee

CDI Director Ben Reilly and Deputy Director Quinton Clements appeared before the Human Rights Sub-Committee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade to discuss CDI's activities in the South Pacific. In a broad-ranging discussion, CDI's new focus on parliamentary and political party assistance was the subject of many questions, as were forthcoming major training activities such as the inaugural Political Party Development Course in October and the Pacific Parliamentary Forum in Samoa in December. Future linkages between CDI and the JSCFADT were also canvassed, including the potential participation of Senator Marise Payne and others in the Samoa event, and the possibility of CDI facilitating linkages between JSCFADT and analogous parliamentary committees from Indonesia and East Timor.

JSCFADT - Inquiry into Australia's aid program in the Pacific


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	School of International, Political & Strategic Studies	ANU College of Asia & the Pacific	The Centre for Democratic Institutions (CDI) supports the efforts of democracies in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen their political systems. It provides training, technical assistance and peer support for parliamentarians, political party organisers and emerging leaders in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, with a particular focus on Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. CDI sponsors research and publications on political change and democratic governance. Established in 1998, CDI is funded by the Australian Government. The Centre is based in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra.
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