A suite of practical resources to support police custody oversight and strengthen domestic implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). They are living documents that can be adapted and updated by individual National Preventive Mechanism domestic monitoring bodies as suits them best.

This submission specifically draws attention to the issues relevant to people with disability in the UN's Draft General Comment of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), which does not yet explicitly discuss the unique factors which underpin and shape the deprivation of liberty and treatment of people with disability.

The independent evaluation of the Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (PASTT), a specialist service for refugees in Australia who have experienced pre‑migration conflict, human rights abuses, and physical or psychological harm, examines implementation quality, client and community outcomes, economic considerations, and regional delivery. The review reports a total of 36 key...

This report outlines activities required to expedite Australia’s approach to implementing the United Nations' Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Informed by a recent national OPCAT symposium, the publication provides a clear pathway for governments across Australia to meet the approaching deadline for OPCAT...

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) presented this report to the United Nations Subcommittee Prevention of Torture informed by experience and knowledge of the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in places of detention around Australia.