A simple signature on a treaty, which the Labor Government has promised for more than four years, would bring relief to people penned behind bars these holidays. CLA is a signatory to a letter asking new Attorney-General Nicola Roxon to sign the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. With a stroke of the pen, a formal inspection regime would open up Australia’s dark places to the light of external scrutiny.
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