9 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSES OF GREECE
10 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the responses of Greece to questions raised by Committee Experts on the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Responding to a series of questions raised by the Committee members on Wednesday, 9 May and today, the delegation of Greece, which was led by Ioannis Ioannidis, Secretary-General of the Department of Human Right and Transparency of the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human…
9 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE STARTS CONSIDERATION OF REPORT OF GREECE
09 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the combined fifth and sixth periodic report of Greece on how it implements the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Introducing the report, Ioannis Ioannidis, Secretary-General of the Department of Human Right and Transparency of the Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights of Greece, said that the prevention of torture and cruel treatment was a priority for the Government. A number of legislative and other measures had been…
9 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HEARS RESPONSES OF ALBANIA
09 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon heard the responses of Albania to questions raised by Committee Experts on the second periodic report of that country on how it is implementing the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Responding to a series of questions raised by the Committee members on Tuesday, 8 May and today, the delegation of Albania, which was led by Avenir Peka, Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs, talked about various issues ranging from the incorporation of the Convention against Torture in domestic…
9 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE MEETS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE ON PREVENTION OF TORTURE
08 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon held a meeting with the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture to discuss its fifth annual report and areas of collaboration between the two bodies.
Malcom Evans, Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture, presenting the Subcommittee's fifth annual report, noted that this year marked the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which was now ratified by 63 countries, or one third of the…
9 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE BEGINS EXAMINATION OF REPORT OF ALBANIA
08 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning began its consideration of the second periodic report submitted by Albania on how it implements the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Introducing the report, Avenir Peka, Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs of Albania, said that Albania had established the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture and had undertaken legal amendments in 2010 that had allowed its larger use in penitentiary services. As a result, the volume and quality of monitoring…
9 years 3 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS FORTY-EIGHTH SESSION
07 May 2012
Meeting Summaries
Hears Address by Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Elects New Bureau, Swears in New Members, Adopts Agenda and Programme of Work
The Committee against Torture this morning opened its forty-eighth session, hearing an address by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, electing its bureau, swearing in new members, and adopting its agenda and programme of work.
Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, noted that the treaty body strengthening process was now at a critical stage. The growth of the treaty body system continued and this underscored the urgency of…
9 years 8 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION
25 November 2011
Press Release
Issues Concluding Observations on Reports of Belarus, Bulgaria, Djibouti, Germany, Madagascar, Morocco, Paraguay and Sri Lanka
The Committee against Torture concluded its forty-seventh session today, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on reports from Belarus, Bulgaria, Djibouti, Germany, Madagascar, Morocco, Paraguay and Sri Lanka, which it reviewed during the session. The Committee asked Syria to provide it with a special report on the current events occurring in the territory of the State party and said it would review the special report during its next…
9 years 8 months ago
UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCERNED ABOUT GROSS AND WIDESPREAD RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN SYRIA
25 November 2011
Meeting Summaries
(GENEVA) The United Nations Committee Against Torture said on Friday it is deeply concerned about gross and pervasive human rights violations in Syria, that are allegedly taking place in a context of impunity, according to reliable sources from the United Nations human rights system.
“The Committee has review numerous, consistent and substantiated reports and information about widespread rights violations in the country,” said Claudio Grossman, who currently heads the 10-member expert panel. “Among them are cases of torture and ill-treatment of…
9 years 8 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT ON THE RIGHT TO REDRESS
22 November 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this afternoon met with stakeholders to hear their views on a draft General Comment on the right to redress and adequate compensation for victims of torture as defined in article 14 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Claudio Grossman, Chairperson of the Committee, in opening remarks, said that General Comments were an important tool because they provided assistance to Member States, States parties and petitioners in understanding procedures or definitions that were…
9 years 9 months ago
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONSIDERS FOLLOW-UP TO CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATIONS
17 November 2011
Meeting Summaries
The Committee against Torture this morning considered the issue of follow-up to concluding observations and individual communications, hearing oral presentations by Committee members Felice Gaer, Rapporteur on the follow-up to concluding observations, and Fernando Mariño Menendez, Rapporteur on the follow-up to individual communications.
Ms. Gaer, presenting her report on the follow-up to reporting observations (article 19 of the Convention), said that since the Committee had begun the follow-up procedure in 2003, 109 countries had been…
