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Torture and cruel treatment: 77 organisations slam Australia’s declining standards

Seventy seven organisations have united to warn that Australia’s standards are sliding when it comes to the prevention of torture and cruel treatment.

Access to justice, Aid and development, Australia’s Human Rights Framework, ESC rights, Family rights, Health, Housing and homelessness, International human rights mechanisms, Torture, Civil & Political Rights, Detainee Rights, Violence Against WomentMichelleBennett16 October 2014Prisoner Rights, Migration Justice

NT prison laws will fail Aboriginal people

New laws to oversee the Northern Territory's prison system will not address the endemic over-imprisonment of Aboriginal people and fail to respect basic rights, warns the North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency and the Human Rights Law Centre.

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