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The Committee against Torture issued general comments on the following subjects:

No.
Subject
Date
3
 Implementation of article 14 (redress for victims of torture) by States parties
Arabic | Chinese | English | French | Russian | Spanish
2012
2
 Implementation of article 2 (prevention of acts of torture) by States parties
English | French | Spanish | Russian
2007
1
 Refoulement and communications (implementation of article 3 in the context of article 22)
1996

The general comments of all human rights treaty bodies are compiled in the document
HRI/GEN/1/Rev.9 (Vol.II)
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