Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must use his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to clarify that the Australian Government opposes the construction of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Prime Minister Netanyahu has arrived in Sydney, after meeting US President Donald Trump last week. So far this year Israel has authorised more than 6,200 new …
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Children’s Commissioner urges Australia to ratify OPCAT and protect kids in detention
We welcome the Children’s Commissioner’s report tabled today, urging the Australian Government to protect children in detention by ratifying the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. In response to the report, Roxanne Moore, Indigenous Rights Campaigner at Amnesty International Australia, said: “Let’s see Australia’s leaders ratify OPCAT, and then commit to a national plan for protecting children …