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ACT Indigenous child commissioner prevented from visiting youth prison
The ACT's Commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Yo...
Dechlan Brennan 27 Mar 2025
Torture protocols in Australia remain incomplete as Indigenous incarceration rates continue to rise
More than seven years after ratifying it, Australia's obligation to the United N...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Mar 2025
Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service backs call for “fully funded” National Preventive Mechanism in the state
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has supported Richard Connock's calls for...
Callan Morse 27 Nov 2024
Torture prevention bodies sound alarm over youth justice in Australia
Members of the Australian National Preventive Mechanism have urged sweeping refo...
Giovanni Torre 15 Oct 2024
42% of NSW prisoners subject to "cruel and inhumane" isolation were Indigenous, report reveals

A report outlining the use of isolation practices by New South Wales prison staff - disproportionately impacting Indigenous people - has been criticised as "cruel and inhumane".

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 7, 2024
NT Ombudsman report finds prisoners in Darwin kept isolated for up to five months

Inmates in the Northern Territory are reportedly being kept in isolation in a Darwin prison for significant periods of time, with the Territory allegedly being investigated by anti-torture watchdogs.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 22, 2024
UN anti-torture authority terminates suspended visit to Australia over restricted access to prisons

The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture terminated its visit to Australia in a session on Monday, having suspended the visit in October due to non-cooperation by Australian authoritie...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 21, 2023
Justice advocates note lack of progress on OPCAT as anniversary lingers

Victoria's implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) "has not made any progress" according to CEO...

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Aaron Bloch Feb 1, 2022
Governments must strengthen independent detention oversight to protect Aboriginal people

What governments choose to allocate resources to in their budgets tells you what really matters to them. Despite making a commitment to the UN to establish independent detention oversight, governments...

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