Rebecca Minty
Biographic Data
| ID | 4411413 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Minty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Minty |
| SIGNATURE | MINTY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Inspector of Custodial Services, ACT Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Preventive detention monitoring is effective: A case study on isolation of children and young people in the Australian Capital Territory
This article addresses the role of detention monitoring in preventing ill-treatment of detained children and young people, focusing on the use of isolation. It discusses learnings from the Australian Capital Territory’s Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (OICS) pilot National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) visit to the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre in 2023. This visit was in accordance with OICS’ designation as an NPM (domestic torture prev…
Involving civil society in preventing ill treatment in detention: Maximising Opcat’s opportunity for Australia
Civil society advocacy was an important factor contributing to Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). OPCAT requires States to establish a domestic detention monitoring framework and receive occasional visits from a United Nations (UN) subcommittee, with the aim of preventing ill treatment in closed environments. But what role can and should civil society play post ratification? Civil society …
A disability aware approach to torture prevention? Australian Opcat ratification and improved protections for people with disability
In 2017, Australia ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Ratification of OPCAT presents as a unique opportunity to highlight the institutional treatment of people with disability in a range of sites of detention within Australia and build on advancing international protections for people with disability, including those articulated in the Convention …
A disability aware approach to torture prevention? Australian Opcat ratification and improved protections for people with disability
In 2017, Australia ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Ratification of OPCAT presents as a unique opportunity to highlight the institutional treatment of people with disability in a range of sites of detention within Australia and build on advancing international protections for people with disability, including those articulated in the Convention …
A disability aware approach to torture prevention? Australian Opcat ratification and improved protections for people with disability
In 2017, Australia ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). Ratification of OPCAT presents as a unique opportunity to highlight the institutional treatment of people with disability in a range of sites of detention within Australia and build on advancing international protections for people with disability, including those articulated in the Convention …
Involving civil society in preventing ill treatment in detention: Maximising Opcat’s opportunity for Australia
Civil society advocacy was an important factor contributing to Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). OPCAT requires States to establish a domestic detention monitoring framework and receive occasional visits from a United Nations (UN) subcommittee, with the aim of preventing ill treatment in closed environments. But what role can and should civil society play post ratification? Civil society …
Preventive detention monitoring is effective: A case study on isolation of children and young people in the Australian Capital Territory
This article addresses the role of detention monitoring in preventing ill-treatment of detained children and young people, focusing on the use of isolation. It discusses learnings from the Australian Capital Territory’s Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (OICS) pilot National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) visit to the Bimberi Youth Justice Centre in 2023. This visit was in accordance with OICS’ designation as an NPM (domestic torture prev…
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Convention (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Ratification (2 works) · Torture, Ethics, and Law (2 works)