Amnesty International’s Tammy Solenec talks to Amy McQuire about Australia’s second Universal Periodic Review, a mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council. Tammy just returned from Geneva where Amnesty made a submission calling on Australia to correct its human rights record to lower black jailing rates, stop the forced closures of remote WA communities, remove mandatory sentencing laws, and ensure it is committed to lowering violence against women.
Australia will have to respond to the UPR in March.