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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Benita Kolovos

Victorian Liberal MP urges UN to investigate youth justice facilities over ‘serious breaches’ of human rights

The Parkville Youth Justice Centre in Melbourne
Victorian Liberal MP Matt Bach has written to a UN subcommittee focused on the prevention of torture to ask that members visit youth justice facilities in Parkville and Malmsbury. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

Victorian Liberal MP Matt Bach has written to the United Nations subcommittee on the prevention of torture, urging them to investigate the “systematic” use of isolation in the state’s youth justice facilities during an upcoming visit.

The subcommittee is set to visit Australia from 16-27 October to inspect places of detention and examine the treatment of detainees.

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