Australia signs anti-torture protocol

Source: Sydney Morning Herald
May 22, 2009 - 3:39PM
Australia's prisons and immigration detention centres could soon be subject to international torture inspections, the federal government says.
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland says the government signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture this week.
The protocol obliges parties to allow international inspections of its places of detention, such as jails, to ensure people are being properly treated.
By signing the protocol Australia has taken a huge step towards ratification, something Mr McClelland says he's confident will occur with the support of states and territories ...

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