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The Committee Against Torture publishes its interpretation of the content of human rights provisions, in the form of general comments on thematic issues.

The Committee Against Torture has issued general comments on the following subjects:

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2
 General Comment No. 2 - Implementation of article 2 by States parties
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2007
1
 Refoulement and communications (implementation of article 3 in the context of article 22)

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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