The Human Rights Implementation Centre (HRIC) at the University of Bristol Law School, the Omega Research Foundation (OMEGA), the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum (APCOF), Louise Finer (Visiting Fellow, Human Rights Implementation Centre, and University of Essex Human Rights Centre), Michael Addo (Professor of Law, Director, London Law Program, Notre Dame Law School) welcome this opportunity to submit the following to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture. We are making our submission with respect to two areas of focus: maintaining human rights standards in prisons outsourced to private companies, and the criminalisation of women.
