Submission to the TNPM Implementation Project – Consultation Paper 2

In 2021 Tasmania passed our OPCAT Implementation Act 2021, as required under Australia’s ratification of the international Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT).  OPCAT is an international human rights agreement that complements and enhances compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT).

The state Act provides for the establishment of the Tasmanian national preventative mechanism (TNPM), which is a significant and independent role responsible for ensuring that places of detention in Tasmania and those responsible for them are in compliance with the established international prohibitions on torture, cruel and degrading treatment of those whose liberty has been deprived within places of detention.

Tasmanians are being consulted during these initial stages of implementing and establishing this crucial human-rights role.

Additional background information about OPCAT,  the Tasmanian NPM, and a copy of consultation papers 1 & 2, are available at www.npm.tas.gov.au

Read Meg’s submission to the 2nd Consultation Paper on the TNPM Implementation Project: