With just a few months left to place in place commitments permitting a UN group entry to Australian prisons, the funds’s lack of funding has created a serious roadblock.
The funding impasse which led to a UN group being blocked from visiting Australian prisons will proceed, with this week’s federal funds providing no decision for the continued dispute with the nation’s largest jurisdictions.
The funds offered no additional funding for the implementation of the Non-obligatory Protocol to the Conference In opposition to Torture (OPCAT) — designed to forestall torture in locations of detention — regardless of Australia having lower than three months to have its commitments in place.
Australia OPCAT Community coordinator Steven Caruana stated the funds was a “missed alternative” to resolve a five-year-long deadlock on funding between the Commonwealth, states and territories.
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