Economic and Social Council recommends adoption of anti-torture protocol

The Federal Government is under fire for its decision to vote against a new United Nations protocol against torture. The protocol calls for independent visits to prisons as a way of halting torture. Australia was one of eight countries to vote against the protocol, while the United States abstained, having earlier expressed its opposition to the protocol

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