Submissions: OPCAT Civil Society Consultation

Submissions - OPCAT Civil Society Consultation

Submissions received by the Australian Human Rights Commission in response to the guideline questions its OPCAT in Australia Consultation Paper (2017), available here.

Submissions from organisations and individuals

Where a submission is not available it is either confidential or its confidentiality is pending.

1. Northern Territory Anti-Discrimination Commission (

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2. Confidential
3. Dr Niall McLaren, Psychiatrist (03. Dr Niall McLaren OPCAT Sub (16 July 2017).pdf03. Dr Niall McLaren OPCAT Sub (16 July 2017).doc)
4. Victorial Legal Aid (04. Victorian Legal Aid OPCAT Sub 18 July 2017.pdf)
5. Arthur Marcel (05. Arthur Marcel OPCAT Sub - Thuggery at the RBH 18 July 2017.pdf)
6. Advocacy for Inclusion (06. Advocacy for Inclusion OPCAT sub 19 July 2017.pdf06. Advocacy for Inclusion OPCAT sub (19 July 2017).docx)
7. Mental Health Commission of NSW (07. Mental Health Commission of NSW OPCAT Sub 19 July 2017.pdf)
8. Townsville Community Legal Service Inc. (08. TCLS OPCAT Submission 19 July 2017.pdf; 08. TCLS OPCAT Submission (19 July 2017).docx)
9. Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (09. QAI OPCAT submission 19 July 2017.pdf)
10. Royal Australian College of Physicians (10. RACP Submission (20 July 2017).pdf)
11. Alzheimer's Australia (11. Alzheimer's Australia OPCAT Sub 21 July 2017.pdf11. Alzheimer's Australia OPCAT Sub 21 July 2017.docx
12. Mental Health Advocacy Service (WA) (12. Mental Health Advocacy Service (WA) (21 July 2017).pdf)
13. ACT Human Rights Commission (13. ACT Human Rights Commission Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
14. Office of the Public Advocate (14. Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
15. Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) (15. PIAC Submission 21 July 2017.pdf15. PIAC Sub to AHRC re OPCAT in Australia 21 July 2017.docx)
16. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) (16. Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
17. Justice Action (17. Justice Action submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
18. Refugee Council of Australia (18. Refugee Council of Australia Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
19. Being (19. Being Submission 21 July 2017.pdf)
20. Confidential
21. Criminal Lawyers Assocation of the Northern Territory (CLANT) (21. CLANT Submission 21 July 2017 including attachments.pdf)
22. Confidential
23. Ms Initially No (23. Ms Initially NO Submission (21 July 2017).pdf23. Ms Initially NO Submission (21 July 2017).docx)
24. Glenn Floyd (24. Glenn Floyd Submission (21 July 2017).pdf)
25. Johnnybe Realgood (25. Submission from Johnnybe Realgood 22 July 2017.pdf)
26. Association for the Prevention of Torture (26. Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) Submission (25 July 2017).pdf26. Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) Submission (25 July 2017).docx)
27. Law Council of Australia (27. Law Council of Australia Submission 26 July 2017.pdf)
28. Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (28. VREOC Submission 26 July 2017.pdf)
29. National Mental Health Commission (29. National Mental Health Commission (NHMC) Submission (26 July 2017).pdf
30. Victorian Ombudsman (30. Victorian Ombudsman submission 26 July 2017.pdf)
31. Public Health Association of Australia (31. Public Health Association Australia PHAA submission 27 July 2017.pdf)
32. The Australian Psychological Society Limited (32. Australian Psychological Society (APS) Submission (27 July 2017).pdf)
33. NSW Ombudsman
34. Commission for Children and Young People (Victoria)
35. ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) ( 35. ACTCOSS Submission 28 July 2017 with attachments included.pdf)
36. Office of the Public Guardian (QLD)
37. Queensland Family & Child Commission
38. Disabled People's Organisations Australia and People with Disability Australia
39. Liberty Victoria (39. Liberty Victoria Submission 28 July 2017.pdf)
40. Professor Bronwyn Naylor, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
41. Australian Child Rights Taskforce
42. Sisters Inside (42. Sisters Inside Submission 28 July 2017.pdf42. Sisters Inside Submission 28 July 2017.docx)
43. Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (43. Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (ASRC) Submission 28 July 2017 (redacted for publication).pdf43. Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (ASRC) Submission 28 July 2017 (redacted).docx)
44. Australia OPCAT Network (44. Australia OPCAT Network Submission 31 July 2017.pdf)
45. North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA)(45. North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) Submission 31 July 2017.pdf
46. Jesuit Social Services (46. Jesuit Social Services (JSS) Submission 31 July 2017.pdf)
47. National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) (47. NATSILS Submission (2 August 2017).pdf)
48. Legal Aid New South Wales