Thomas Probert @thomasprobert.com · Jan 19

Today Dr Kwanele Pakati, Head of #SouthAfrica's National Preventive Mechanism, will discuss their detailed new position paper on how NPMs can more robustly address the tools of torture, including their manufacture and trade, in line with obligations under the UNCAT & the Robben Island Guidelines

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Peter van Heusden (he/him) 🗿 · Jan 19

Unfortunately in South Africa a key tool of (police) torture continues to be the widely available plastic bag: viewfinder.org.za/tubing-the-a...