Fiji's security forces are today due to give their views to a parliamentary committee investigating whether to ratify an international agreement against torture.
Video footage of a man allegedly being beaten by Fiji security personnel in 2012. Photo: RNZ
Yesterday, religious and women's groups presented their submissions.
Sally Round reports.
Youth members of the opposition Sodelpa party, say they are expecting a heated session as they will make their views known after the military and the police.
Yesterday the Fiji Women's Rights Movement and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre women's told the committee a video which went viral two years ago showing a prisoner being beaten underlines the need for Fiji to ratify the UN Convention Against Torture.
The Red Cross, and religious groups also made submissions urging ratification.
At a hearing of the UN Human Rights Council last year, several countries called on Fiji to ratify the convention without delay.
The Bainimarama government said extensive reforms in Fiji went beyond the covenant's requirements but it was committed to ratification.
