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Submissions - OPCAT Civil Society Consultation

Submissions received by the Australian Human Rights Commission in response to the guideline questions its OPCAT in Australia Consultation Paper (2017), available here.

Submissions from organisations and individuals

Where a submission is not available it is either confidential or its confidentiality is pending.

  1. Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission  (

01. NT Anti-Discrimination Commission OPCAT Submission 22 June 2017.pdf
(4.21 MB)
  1. )
  2. Confidential
  3. Dr Niall McLaren, Psychiatrist (PDF icon 03. Dr Niall McLaren OPCAT Sub (16 July 2017).pdf Microsoft Office document icon 03. Dr Niall McLaren OPCAT Sub (16 July 2017).doc)
  4. Victorial Legal Aid (PDF icon 04. Victorian Legal Aid OPCAT Sub 18 July 2017.pdf)
  5. Arthur Marcel (PDF icon 05. Arthur Marcel OPCAT Sub - Thuggery at the RBH 18 July 2017.pdf)
  6. Advocacy for Inclusion (PDF icon 06. Advocacy for Inclusion OPCAT sub 19 July 2017.pdf File 06. Advocacy for Inclusion OPCAT sub (19 July 2017).docx)
  7. Mental Health Commission of NSW (PDF icon 07. Mental Health Commission of NSW OPCAT Sub 19 July 2017.pdf)
  8. Townsville Community Legal Service Inc. (PDF icon 08. TCLS OPCAT Submission 19 July 2017.pdf; File 08. TCLS OPCAT Submission (19 July 2017).docx)
  9. Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (PDF icon 09. QAI OPCAT submission 19 July 2017.pdf)
  10. Royal Australian College of Physicians (PDF icon 10. RACP Submission (20 July 2017).pdf)
  11. Alzheimer's Australia (PDF icon 11. Alzheimer's Australia OPCAT Sub 21 July 2017.pdf File 11. Alzheimer's Australia OPCAT Sub 21 July 2017.docx
  12. Mental Health Advocacy Service (WA) (PDF icon 12. Mental Health Advocacy Service (WA) (21 July 2017).pdf)
  13. ACT Human Rights Commission (PDF icon 13. ACT Human Rights Commission Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
  14. Office of the Public Advocate (PDF icon 14. Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
  15. Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) (PDF icon 15. PIAC Submission 21 July 2017.pdf File 15. PIAC Sub to AHRC re OPCAT in Australia 21 July 2017.docx)
  16. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) (PDF icon 16. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
  17. Justice Action (PDF icon 17. Justice Action submission 21 July 2017.pdf) 
  18. Refugee Council of Australia (PDF icon 18. Refugee Council of Australia Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
  19. Being (PDF icon 19. Being Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
  20. Confidential
  21. Criminal Lawyers Assocation of the Northern Territory (CLANT) (PDF icon 21. CLANT Submission 21 July 2017 including attachments.pdf)
  22. Confidential
  23. Ms Initially No (PDF icon 23. Ms Initially NO Submission (21 July 2017).pdf File 23. Ms Initially NO Submission (21 July 2017).docx) 
  24. Glenn Floyd (PDF icon 24. Glenn Floyd Submission (21 July 2017).pdf)
  25. Johnnybe Realgood (PDF icon 25. Submission from Johnnybe Realgood 22 July 2017.pdf)
  26. Association for the Prevention of Torture (PDF icon 26. Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) Submission (25 July 2017).pdf File 26. Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) Submission (25 July 2017).docx)
  27. Law Council of Australia (PDF icon 27. Law Council of Australia Submission 26 July 2017.pdf)
  28. Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (PDF icon 28. VREOC Submission 26 July 2017.pdf)
  29. National Mental Health Commission (PDF icon 29. National Mental Health Commission (NHMC) Submission (26 July 2017).pdf
  30. Victorian Ombudsman (PDF icon 30. Victorian Ombudsman submission 26 July 2017.pdf)
  31. Public Health Association of Australia (PDF icon 31. Public Health Association Australia PHAA submission 27 July 2017.pdf)
  32. The Australian Psychological Society Limited (PDF icon 32. Australian Psychological Society (APS) Submission (27 July 2017).pdf)
  33. NSW Ombudsman
  34. Commission for Children and Young People (Victoria)
  35. ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) ( PDF icon 35. ACTCOSS Submission 28 July 2017 with attachments included.pdf)
  36. Office of the Public Guardian (QLD)
  37. Queensland Family & Child Commission
  38. Disabled People’s Organisations Australia and People with Disability Australia
  39. Liberty Victoria (PDF icon 39. Liberty Victoria Submission 28 July 2017.pdf)
  40. Professor Bronwyn Naylor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
  41. Australian Child Rights Taskforce
  42. Sisters Inside (PDF icon 42. Sisters Inside Submission 28 July 2017.pdf File 42. Sisters Inside Submission 28 July 2017.docx)
  43. Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (PDF icon 43. Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (ASRC) Submission 28 July 2017 (redacted for publication).pdf File 43. Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (ASRC) Submission 28 July 2017 (redacted).docx)
  44. Australia OPCAT Network (PDF icon 44. Australia OPCAT Network Submission 31 July 2017.pdf)
  45. North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)(PDF icon 45. North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) Submission 31 July 2017.pdf
  46. Jesuit Social Services (PDF icon 46. Jesuit Social Services (JSS) Submission 31 July 2017.pdf) 
  47. National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) (PDF icon 47. NATSILS Submission (2 August 2017).pdf)
  48. Legal Aid New South Wales