Andrews government urged to establish independent watchdog to comply with anti-torture obligations ratified by Australia in 2017
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The Victorian government is facing calls to establish an independent watchdog to scrutinise solitary confinement and strip-searches in the state’s prisons in an effort to prevent human rights abuses.
In the lead-up to the November state election, the Human Rights Law Centre has urged the government to establish the body as part of its obligations under the UN’s anti-torture treaty that Australia ratified almost five years ago.
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