Senator Penny Wright calls on the Senate to ratify the OPCAT
Australian Greens spokesperson for legal affairs Senator Penny Wright has moved a motion to implement greater scrutiny of places where people are detained in Australia, including jails, police lock ups and psychiatric facilities.
Senator Wright has called on the Government and the Opposition to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) – which Australian signed up to in 2009.
Senator Wright said that ratifying the Optional Protocol would signal that Australia is serious about ensuring people held in detention are not subject to sexual abuse or other cruel or inhumane treatment while they are out of public sight.
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