Australian NPM – OPCAT publications and reports
Australian NPM Annual Reports
The Australian NPM prepares Annual Reports of its activities, in accordance with Article 23 of OPCAT.
Australian NPM Joint Statements
Joint Statements that have been released from Members of the Australian NPM.
- Reintroduction of spit hoods for children in the NT is not the answer - 18 October 2024
- Little funding for torture prevention in federal Budget - 20 May 2024
- Response to the Report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture – 2022 visit to Australia - 21 December 2023
- Queensland law change and detention of children in watch houses and adult prisons - 6 September 2023
- No additional funding in 2023-24 Federal Budget - 10 May 2023
- SPT visit termination 20 February 2023
- Australia’s NPM under OPCAT - 20 January 2023
- Detention of children and young people - 21 November 2022
- National Preventive Mechanism - 26 October 2022
Australian NPM Joint Submissions to United Nations Bodies and Processes
- 23 August 2024
Members of the Australian NPM made a submission to the Committee against Torture’s follow-up procedure, providing information to help the Committee’s review of Australia’s performance under the Convention against Torture. - 19 March 2024
Members of the Australian NPM made a joint response to the report of the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture’s (SPT) 2022 visit to Australia. Read the SPT’s visit report, and the Government’s own reply to the report. - 21 December 2023
Members of the Australian NPM made a joint statement on the report of the SPT’s 2022 visit to Australia and the Australian Government’s reply. - 28 November 2023
Members of the Australian NPM made a submission to the fourth thematic report of the UN Special Rapporteur on torture which will focus on current issues and good practices in prison management. - 14 April 2023
Members of the Australian NPM made a submission to the UN SPT on their draft General Comment on Article 4 of OPCAT relating to the definition of ‘places of detention’. Read the draft General Comment, and the final General Comment. - 14 March 2023
Members of the Australian NPM made a submission to the call for input from the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on practices for the investigation, documentation, and prevention of deaths in custody in the criminal justice context.
Australian NPM Joint Submissions to Parliamentary Inquiries
- 14 October 2024
Members of the Australian NPM made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee's inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system. - 4 August 2023The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (PJCHR) published a submission made by members of the Australian NPM, to the PJCHR’s Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework.
Australian NPM Submissions on Draft Legislation
- 11 January 2023
Members of the Australian NPM made a submission on the draft Monitoring Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2022 (Qld).
Other Contributions from Australian NPM
- 3 April 2024
Members of the Australian NPM made a submission to support development of the Association for the Prevention of Torture’s (APT) Global Report on Women in Prison.
The APT’s report highlights significant challenges and systemic discrimination faced by women in prisons around the globe, calling for urgent reforms and greater use of alternatives to detention. The APT’s final report was launched on 12 December 2024.