The Commission continued to influence law, policy and practice through
making submissions to relevant agencies and Parliamentary Select
Committees highlighting the importance of human rights principles and
encouraging human rights compliant actions, with good results.
A successful application was made for funding from the United Nations
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in order to carry out a
review of seclusion and restraint practices in detention settings, including
youth justice facilities, mental health units and prisons. This important
piece of work follows on from an initial HRC overview of Mental Health
in Detention: Duties of the State which was included in the Optional
Protocol to the Convention Against Torture Annual report released in
December 2015.
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