Monitoring places of detention 2023/23 : Annual report of activities under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)
Monitoring places of detention 2023/23 : Annual report of activities under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)
National Preventive Mechanism
- Te Kāhui Tika Tangata | Human Rights Commission, 2024
- electronic document (60 pages) ; PDF file
This report highlights ongoing non-compliance with minimum standards of conditions and treatment for people in detention, and over-reliance on restrictive practices. It also underscores the alarming rates of people in detention experiencing mental distress and deficiencies in the provision of support.
Monitoring agencies, including the Chief Ombudsman, Independent Police Conduct Authority, Mana Mokopuna Children and Young People’s Commission, and the Inspector of Service Penal Establishments, did 134 announced and unannounced visits to places of detention in the year covered by the report.
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission has published the report as the central coordinating agency. (From the website). Record #8986
978-0-478-35673-1
Office of the Ombudsman | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata
New Zealand. Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Mana Mokopuna - Children and Young People's Commission
New Zealand. Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces
CHILD PROTECTON
CHILDREN
Crimes of Torture Act 1989
HEALTH
INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
MENTAL HEALTH
MONITORING
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT)
PRISONERS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH JUSTICE
NEW ZEALAND
This report highlights ongoing non-compliance with minimum standards of conditions and treatment for people in detention, and over-reliance on restrictive practices. It also underscores the alarming rates of people in detention experiencing mental distress and deficiencies in the provision of support.
Monitoring agencies, including the Chief Ombudsman, Independent Police Conduct Authority, Mana Mokopuna Children and Young People’s Commission, and the Inspector of Service Penal Establishments, did 134 announced and unannounced visits to places of detention in the year covered by the report.
Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission has published the report as the central coordinating agency. (From the website). Record #8986
978-0-478-35673-1
Office of the Ombudsman | Tari o te Kaitiaki Mana Tangata
New Zealand. Independent Police Conduct Authority.
Mana Mokopuna - Children and Young People's Commission
New Zealand. Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces
CHILD PROTECTON
CHILDREN
Crimes of Torture Act 1989
HEALTH
INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
MENTAL HEALTH
MONITORING
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT)
PRISONERS
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUTH JUSTICE
NEW ZEALAND