Torture
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service has supported Richard Connock's calls for the state's government to commit to effective independent monitoring and oversight to protect hundreds of vulnerable pe...
Members of the Australian National Preventive Mechanism have urged sweeping reforms to Australia's youth justice system, including raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14, in its submission t...
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".
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.
Outgoing Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has taken a swipe at the accountability of the Victorian government, lashing it for its track record on justice reform and consistent refusal to implement a...
The Indonesian army has issued a rare apology after shocking footage emerged of soldiers torturing a Papuan man in a barrel. The apology from the Indonesian military comes as international outrage mou...
A former Mississippi sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for his part in the racist torture of two Black men by a group of white officers, who called themselves 'the goon squad'.
A coalition of Indigenous, legal and human rights groups have written to the Victorian Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes expressing a "deep concern" for the state's ongoing failure to implement the Option...
The United Nations' anti-torture watchdog has urged Australia to stop the excessively high number of people being held in jails whilst on remand or awaiting sentencing, as well as a ban on spit hoods.
"I feel worn out, I don't feel like making any changes . . . You can only stare at the four corners (of your cell) for so long. You don't even get any sun.
The Northern Territory ombudsman has recommended the state government formally ban spit hoods as part of a groundbreaking 140 page report on the use of devices in police custody.
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...
Australia has breached its obligations under a key United Nations instrument for preventing torture and inhuman treatment or punishment, an important UN body says.