Deadline to meet anti-torture treaty obligations is Friday, but governments have yet to install watchdogs

• Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

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.

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup

This post was originally published on Human rights | The Guardian.

Print Share Comment Cite Upload Translate Updates

APA

Adeshola Ore | radiofree.asia (2024-04-25T10:56:48+00:00) » Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations. Retrieved from https://radiofree.asia/2023/01/19/australia-risks-un-human-rights-blacklisting-as-states-fail-to-meet-prison-obligations/.

MLA

" » Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations." Adeshola Ore | radiofree.asia - Thursday January 19, 2023, https://radiofree.asia/2023/01/19/australia-risks-un-human-rights-blacklisting-as-states-fail-to-meet-prison-obligations/

HARVARD

Adeshola Ore | radiofree.asia Thursday January 19, 2023 » Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations., viewed 2024-04-25T10:56:48+00:00,<https://radiofree.asia/2023/01/19/australia-risks-un-human-rights-blacklisting-as-states-fail-to-meet-prison-obligations/>

VANCOUVER

Adeshola Ore | radiofree.asia - » Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations. [Internet]. [Accessed 2024-04-25T10:56:48+00:00]. Available from: https://radiofree.asia/2023/01/19/australia-risks-un-human-rights-blacklisting-as-states-fail-to-meet-prison-obligations/

CHICAGO

" » Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations." Adeshola Ore | radiofree.asia - Accessed 2024-04-25T10:56:48+00:00. https://radiofree.asia/2023/01/19/australia-risks-un-human-rights-blacklisting-as-states-fail-to-meet-prison-obligations/

IEEE

" » Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations." Adeshola Ore | radiofree.asia [Online]. Available: https://radiofree.asia/2023/01/19/australia-risks-un-human-rights-blacklisting-as-states-fail-to-meet-prison-obligations/. [Accessed: 2024-04-25T10:56:48+00:00]

rf:citation

» Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligations | Adeshola Ore | radiofree.asia | https://radiofree.asia/2023/01/19/australia-risks-un-human-rights-blacklisting-as-states-fail-to-meet-prison-obligations/ | 2024-04-25T10:56:48+00:00

To access this feature and upload your own media, you must Login or create an account.

Visual Text

Use this space to make a translated version of this post.

Add an image

Choose a Language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Basque Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Cambodian Chinese (Mandarin) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Fiji Finnish French Georgian German Greek Gujarati Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Javanese Korean Latin Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Mongolian Nepali Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Quechua Romanian Russian Samoan Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Tamil Tatar Telugu Thai Tibetan Tonga Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Vietnamese Welsh Xhosa