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"Australia risks being placed on a human rights blacklist alongside such
countries as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo by failing to
meet its obligations in prison oversight under a UN anti-torture treaty.
The UN’s Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (Opcat) was
ratified under the Turnbull government in December 2017, but Australia has
since requested two deadline extensions to meet its obligations.
The failure to meet the obligations by Friday means a UN subcommittee could
place Australia on a non-compliance list, alongside 14 other countries.
Australia’s human rights commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, said such a failure
could affect the country’s human rights credibility on the world stage.
“We voluntarily entered into this treaty,” she told
Guardian Australia.
“We freely made promises around this treaty and if we’re not going to live up
to those promises, that sends a really bad signal to the rest of the world
about not only Australia’s approach to human rights, but Australia’s role in
terms of the rules-based international system.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
