Committee against Torture list of issues prior to reporting: Australia’s seventh periodic review
Submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission to the Committee against Torture for its list of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) on Australia.
Rights and Freedoms
Submission by the Commission
Summary
Learn more about key issues concerning Australia's compliance with the Convention against Torture.
Committee against Torture list of issues prior to reporting: Australia’s seventh periodic review
Rights and Freedoms
Submission by the Commission
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Overview
The Australian Human Rights Commission has made a submission to the Committee against Torture (CAT) for its list of issues prior to reporting (LOIPR) on Australia.
The submission:
- highlights key issues concerning Australia's compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT)
- updates on Australia’s ongoing failure to fully comply with the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).
While there have been positive developments, the Commission remains seriously concerned about:
- criminal and child justice
- immigration detention and asylum
- lack of monitoring in ‘secondary’ places of detention, such as aged care, mental health and disability facilities.
The Commission recommends that the Committee against Torture request Australia to report on 18 key issues.