Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Bill 2022

This bill allows the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to visit and inspect Queensland's prisons, youth detention centres, mental health facilities, police watch-houses, and other places where people are detained. It implements Australia's international obligations under OPCAT, which aims to prevent torture and cruel treatment through independent monitoring.