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United Nations inspectors have been blocked from accessing an Australian detention facility during a first anti-torture mission to the country, authorities said

Former prime minister disappointed by states’ decisions to not allow full access to UN subcommittee on prevention of torture

On 20 October 2022, in Geneva, a representative from Latvia, Dr Elīna Šteinerte, was elected to the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and…

SYDNEY (AFP) – United Nations (UN) inspectors have been blocked from accessing an Australian detention facility during a first anti-torture mission to the country, authorities said yesterday, adding that the visitors lacked “prior approval”. UN inspectors – touring facilities under a voluntary agreement to prevent cruelty to detainees – were refused access to holding cells […]

The inspectors are not here to tell us our prison toast is too thin, but to help us keep our human rights promises

Senators approved the bill "On the denunciation by the Republic of Belarus of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights".

NSW confirms it will not allow visits, as Queensland also restricts some access despite Australia’s ratification of UN torture protocol

Deadline: 31-Oct-22 UNDP is announcing a call for proposals for the Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) operating in the regions of Georgia.

Africa Family Law Network to solidify efforts made toward eliminating repressive family laws in the continent

The 61-page report, “‘The Court is Satisfied with the Confession’: Bahrain Death Sentences Follow Torture, Sham Trials,” based primarily on court records and other official documents, found serious and persistent human rights violations underlying the convictions and death sentences of cases of eight men examined for the report. The men are among 26 who are currently on death row, their appeals exhausted. Trial and appeal courts cavalierly dismissed credible allegations of torture and il...