You are working with a non-governmental organisation that represents people with intellectual disabilities, and as a third party have been invited by the Human Rights Committee to provide a submission (amicus curiae brief) in the case of Tamanna, a fifteen -year-old teenager with an intellectual disability. Tamanna was held in solitary confinement in prison for more than 15 hours a day for a year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

consider the arguments the Australian Government is likely to raise in support of their actions and in opposition to your submission. only address the merits of the case under article 7 of the ICCPR