Its official: Australia's refugee gulags violate the Convention Against Torture:
An independent expert has found aspects of Australia's asylum-seeker policies have breached the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
A report addressing concerns about Manus Island, as well as recent amendments to maritime laws, is due to be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council today.
It was prepared by Juan Mendez, the UN special rapporteur on torture.
Human Rights Law Centre director of legal advocacy Daniel Webb says the report finds detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island, and conditions at the centre, violate the convention.
Mr Webb says the torture convention prohibits subjecting people to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the report confirms Australia is failing to meet this basic standard.
Bring on the prosecutions. And if Australia won't prosecute itself, then we should do it for them.
