Human Rights Act Queensland

degrad­ing treat­ment (sec­tion 17)

Peo­ple must not be tor­tured. Peo­ple must also not be treat­ed or pun­ished in a cru­el, inhu­man or degrad­ing way. This includes pro­tec­tion from treat­ment that humil­i­ates a per­son.