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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)
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Country |
Date of ratification/accession |
National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) |
Information received from States Parties following requests from the SPT |
| Designated NPM notified by the State Patry to the SPT | |||
| Albania | 01.10.2003 (a) | People's Advocate | Correspondence |
| Azerbaijan* | 28.01.2009 | Correspondence | |
| Costa Rica | 01.12.2005 | Correspondence | |
| Cyprus | 29.04.2009 | Commissioner of Administration/Ombudsman | Correspondence |
| Czech Republic | 10.07.2006 | Public Defender of Rights | Correspondence |
| Denmark | 25.06.2004 | Ombudsman | Correspondence |
| Estonia | 18.12.2006 | Chancellor of Justice | Correspondence |
| France | 11.11.2008 | Contrôleur Général des lieux de privation de liberté | Correspondence |
| Georgia | 09.08.2005 (a) | Office of the Public Defender | Correspondence Correspondence |
| Germany** | 04.12.2008 | The Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture and the Join Commission of the Lander were designated as NPM The first one will deal with federal institutions and the second one will deal with Lander authorities. |
Correspondence |
| Honduras | 23.05.2006 | National Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Correspondence |
| Liechtenstein | 03.11.2006 | Corrections Commission | Correspondence |
| Maldives | 15.02.2006 | Human Rights Commission | Correspondence Report on the First Periodic Visit to Maldives |
| Malta | 24.09.2003 | Board of Visitors for Detained Persons and the Board of Visitors of the Prisons |
Chapter 260 |
| Mexico | 11.04.2005 | National Human Rights Commission | Correspondence Information contained in the confidential SPT visit report |
| Moldova | 3.04.2009 | Centre for Human Rights (Ombudsman) in coordination with the Consultative Council | Correspondence Annexes: 1-2 |
| New Zealand | 14.03.2007 | Human Rights Commission (central NPM) + the Ombudsman's Office, the Children's Commissioner, the Police Complaints Authority and the Judge Advocate General | Correspondence |
| Poland | 14.09.2005 | The Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection (Ombudsman) | Correspondence |
| Republic of Moldova | 24.07.2006 | Centre for Human Rights (Ombudsman) in combination with the Consultative Council | Correspondence |
| Senegal | 18.10.2006 | Observateur national des lieux de privation de liberté | Correspondence |
| Slovenia | 23.01.2007 (a) | Human Rights Ombudsman | Correspondence |
| Sweden | 14.09.2005 | Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Chancellor of Justice | Correspondence Replies from Sweden to the Recommendations and Questions of the SPT in its report on the First Periodic Visit to Sweden CAT/OP/SWE/1/Add.1 Report on the First Periodic Visit to Sweden |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northen Ireland | 10.12.2003 | Eighteen organizations, including the lay visitor scheme organisations (ICVA), the HM Inspectorate for Prisons, and the HM Inspectorate for Constabulary, coordinated by the HM Inspector for Prisons | Correspondence |
| Uruguay | 08.12.2005 | Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos | Correspondence |
| No designation of NPM notified by the State Party to the SPT | |||
| Argentina | 15.11.2004 | Correspondence | |
| Armenia | 14.09.2006 (a) | ||
| Benin | 20.09.2006 | Information contained in the confidential SPT visit report | |
| Bolivia | 23.05.2006 | Correspondence Annexes: 1-2-3-4 |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina* | 24.10.2008 | ||
| Brazil | 12.01.2007 | Correspondence | |
| Cambodia | 30.03.2007 | Correspondence | |
| Chile* | 12.12.2008 | ||
| Croatia | 25.04.2005 | ||
| Guatemala | 09.06.2008 | Correspondence - Not for public distribution | |
| Kazakhstan* | 22.10.2008 | ||
| Kyrgyzstan * | 29.12.2008 | ||
| Lebanon* | 22.12.2008 | ||
| Liberia | 22.09.2004 (a) | ||
| The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia* | 13.02.2009 | ||
| Mali | 12.05.2005 | ||
| Mauritius | 21.06.2005 (a) | Information contained in the confidential SPT visit report | |
| Montenegro** | 06.03.2009 | ||
| Nicaragua | 25.02.2009 | ||
| Nigeria | 27.07.09 (a) | ||
| Paraguay | 02.12.2005 | Information contained in the confidential SPT visit report | |
| Peru | 14.09.2006 | Correspondence | |
| Romania** | 02.07.2009 | ||
| Serbia | 26.09.2006 | Correspondence | |
| Spain | 04.04.2006 | Correspondence | |
| Switzerland* | 24.09.2009 | ||
| Ukraine | 19.09.2006 | ||
*one year deadline to maintain, designate or establish NPMs not yet expired - article 17 of the OPCAT **Declaration made under article 24 of the OPCAT |
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