The ACT should ban the use of spit hoods in the territory, a coalition of human rights and justice groups has told a United Nations committee investigating Australia's compliance with an anti-torture convention.
The groups also highlighted their concern over the "disproportionate" use of strip searching on First Nations women in the ACT's prison and the low minimum age of criminal responsibility.
The group is made up of Change The Record, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and the Human Rights Law Centre.
