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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)

OP to the Convention against Torture
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Convention against torture
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E | S
The UN Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners
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Treaty bodies database
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Related UN Links

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Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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African Commission on Human and People's Rights
Amnesty International
APT
APT OPCAT Database
CPT
FIACAT
HRW
Human Rights Implementation Centre of the University of Bristol
IDA
Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
INTERIGHTS
IRCT
OMCT
Penal Reform International
Torture Reporting Book
WNUSP
Harm Reduction International

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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT)
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

SPT visits

Country Visited

Dates of the visit

Report sent to the State party on

Report Status
Replies received from the State party on

Response status

Mauritius

8-18 October 2007

19 May 2008

Confidential

19 December 2008

Confidential

Maldives

10-17 December 2007

9 February 2009

Public
CAT/OP/MDV/1
 A C E F R S

No

 

Sweden

10-14 March 2008

16 July 2008

Public
CAT/OP/SWE/1
 A C E F R S

21 January 2009

Public
CAT/OP/SWE/1/Add.1
A C E F R S

Benin

17-26 May 2008

17 June 2009

Public
CAT/OP/BEN/1
A C E F R S

19 January 2011

Public
CAT/OP/BEN/1/Add.1
A C E F R S

Mexico

27 August – 12 September 2008

2 June 2009

Public
CAT/OP/MEX/1
A C E F R S

4 October 2011


29 August 2012

Public
CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.1
C E F R S

CAT/OP/MEX/1/Add.2
S

Paraguay

10-16 March 2009

24 August 2009

Public
CAT/OP/PRY/1
A C E F R S

8 March 2010

Public
CAT/OP/PRY/1/Add.1
A C E F R S

Honduras

13-22 September 2009

7 January 2010

Public
CAT/OP/HND/1
A C E F R S

No

.

Cambodia

2-11 December 2009

6 April 2010

Confidential

No

 
Lebanon
24 May - 2 June 2010

3 September 2010
Confidential

16 February 2012
Confidential
Bolivia
30 August - 8 September 2010

26 January 2011
Confidential

27 October 2011
Confidential
Liberia
6-13 December 2010

17 June 2011
Confidential
No
 .
Ukraine
16- 25 May 2011

12 October 2011
Confidential
17 May 2012
Confidential
Brazil
19-30 September 2011

8 February 2012
Public
E F S
15 October 2012
Public
CAT/OP/BRA/1/Add.1
E F S
Mali
5 -14 December 2011
3 September 2012
Confidential
 . .
Argentina
18-27 April 2012
21 December 2012
Confidential
 . .
Kyrgyzstan
19-28 September 2012
        
New Zealand
29 April-8 May 2013
 . . . .

SPT follow-up visits

Country Visited

Dates of the visit

Report sent to the State party on

Report Status
Replies received from the State party on

Response status

Paraguay

13-15 September 2010
26 November 2010

Public
CAT/OP/PRY/2
A E F R S C
26 May 2011

Public
CAT/OP/PRY/2/Add.1
A C E F R S

SPT advisory visits on NPMs

Country Visited

Dates of the visit

Report sent to the State party on

Report sent to the NPM
Report Status
Replies received from the State party on
Replies received from the NPM on

Response status

Honduras

30 April - 4 May 2012
17 September 2012
17 September 2012
Public
CAT/OP/HND/3
E F S
      
Republic of Moldova
1-4 October 2012
10 January 2013
10 January 2013
Confidential
      
Senegal
10-13 December 2012
6 May 2013
  
Confidential
      
Germany
8 - 12 April 2013
            

 
 
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