The Australian National Preventive Mechanism has made a shadow submission to the Committee Against Torture to support its consideration of Australia’s state party follow-up submission under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT).
The submission focuses on a range of recent developments since the Committee’s sixth periodic review of Australia in November 2022, covering the following areas:
- immigration detention
- conditions of detention
- youth justice.
