Australian Human Rights Commission
Submission to UN Committee Against Torture, 17 October 2014
Table of Contents
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Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3
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Statutory powers of the Australian Human Rights Commission ........................... 4
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Independent monitoring and inspection mechanisms, including ratification of
the Optional Protocol................................................................................................... 7
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Domestic implementation of human rights obligations .......................................... 9
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Criminal justice system and conditions in prisons ............................................... 12
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Counter-terrorism and National Security ................................................................ 23
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Violence against women ........................................................................................... 28
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Immigration detention and asylum seeker policy .................................................. 31
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Other issues................................................................................................................ 50
Attachment 1 – compilation of recommended actions...................................................... 53
References .............................................................................................................................. 57
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