Committee against Torture 7 November 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Venezuela on its implementation of the...

GENEVA (6 November 2014) – The UN Committee against Torture is due to review the USA on 12 and 13 November in sessions that will be webcast live. The USA is one of the 156 States parties to the...

Committee against Torture 6 November 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of Ukraine on its implementation of the provisions of the...

Committee against Torture 5 November 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and seventh periodic report of Sweden on its implementation of the...

Committee against Torture 4 November 2014 The Committee against Torture marked today the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading...

4 November 2014, 15:00 Room XXVIII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished Members of the Committee against Torture, Excellences, Colleagues and friends, It is with great pleasure...

Thirty years have passed since the United Nations Convention against Torture entered into force, enshrining in international law an unequivocal prohibition of this heinous practice under all...

3 November 2014 The Committee against Torture this morning opened its fifty-third session, hearing a statement by the Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the High...

BACKGROUND RELEASE 30 October 2014 Experts to Consider Reports of Sweden, Ukraine, Venezuela, Australia, Burundi, United States, Croatia and Kazakhstan The Committee against Torture will meet at the...

GENEVA (27 October 2014) –The UN Committee Against Torture is meeting in Geneva from 3 November to 28 November to review the following countries: Sweden (4-5 Nov), Ukraine (5-6 Nov), Venezuela (6-7...