Commonwealth Attorney-General introduces Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition Bill
Thu Nov 19 2009The Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, today introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009 into the House of Representatives.
The Bill creates a specific Commonwealth offence of torture in the Criminal Code Act 1995, and also amends the _Death Penalty Abolition Act 1973 _to extend the application of the current prohibition on the death penalty to State laws, to ensure the death penalty cannot be introduced anywhere in Australia.
View the Attorney's Second Reading Speech and the Explanatory Memorandum.
19 November 2009