GENEVA (3 June 2015) – The UN’s torture prevention body has urged the Philippines to deal urgently with prison overcrowding and improve independent monitoring of places of detention as part of efforts...

GENEVA/GUATEMALA CITY (21 May 2015) – The UN’s torture prevention body has urged Guatemala to improve the independent monitoring of detention conditions in the country as part of efforts to protect...

GENEVA (21 May 2015) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to make its first visit to the Philippines from 25 May to 3 June 2015 to assess the treatment of persons...

GENEVA (7 May 2015) – The UN’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to visit Guatemala for the first time since the country ratified a key treaty in 2008 on the prevention of torture and...

GENEVA (6 May 2015) - The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) has ended its first visit to Nauru, which focussed on the situation of people being detained on the island and the need to...

GENEVA/BAKU (24 April 2015) –The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has welcomed the unhindered access it had to places of detention in Azerbaijan during its resumed visit, while calling...

GENEVA (13 April 2015) – A delegation from the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due in Azerbaijan from 16 to 24 April to resume a visit that was suspended last September amid lack of...

GENEVA (26 February 2015) – The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has welcomed Brazil’s progress in setting up a federal independent body to monitor conditions of detention in the country...

GENEVE / LOMÉ (11 Décembre 2014) – Le Sous-Comité pour la prévention de la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants (SPT) des Nations Unies appelle le Togo à prendre des...

Malé, 11 December 2014. – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture completed today a follow-up visit to the Republic of the Maldives. The visit, which took place from 8 to 11 December...