Dragging its feet on torture prevention: Australia’s international shame
- Written by Andreea Lachsz, PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
Four years since Australia committed to the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Australia has failed to meet its requirements.
This UN protocol is an instrument that requires Australia to “set up, designate or maintain […] one or several...
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