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Subcommitee on prevention of torture The eighth meeting of the States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment...

Madame Chair, Distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends, I am pleased to be able to formally present to you the 13 th Annual Report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT, or the...

GENEVA (4 August 2020) - Chairpersons of the 10 UN committees that monitor the implementation of international human right treaties have called on States to properly support their work, warning that...

中文 GENEVA (2 July 2020) — The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has called for the role of domestic monitoring bodies, officially known as National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs), to be...

English | Français | Русский | Español GENEVA (26 June 2020) – On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the UN Anti-Torture mechanisms* unanimously warned that the COVID-19 pandemic...

GENEVA (25 June 2020) – UN human rights experts* today urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to repatriate hundreds of people abducted during and after the Korean War and end decades...

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GENEVA (16 June 2020) – The agreement by the new coalition Government of Israel to annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian West Bank after 1 July would violate a cornerstone principle of...

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (30 March 2020) - The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) has issued detailed advices on a range of actions governments and...