Monitoring of Places of Detention (Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture) Act 2023
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sec.2 Main purposes
The main purposes of this Act are— to facilitate visits to places of detention by the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for the purposes of the subcommittee’s mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; and to provide for the subcommittee to be given access to information for the purposes of the subcommittee’s functions under the Optional Protocol; and to provide for necessary safeguards to enable detaining authorities to preserve privacy, security, good order, welfare and safety in places of detention during visits by the subcommittee.
- (a) to facilitate visits to places of detention by the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for the purposes of the subcommittee’s mandate under the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; and
- (b) to provide for the subcommittee to be given access to information for the purposes of the subcommittee’s functions under the Optional Protocol; and
- (c) to provide for necessary safeguards to enable detaining authorities to preserve privacy, security, good order, welfare and safety in places of detention during visits by the subcommittee.