The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-fifth session, which is being held in Geneva from 31 October to 25 November, during which it will review efforts by Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi, Somalia and Uganda to implement the provisions of the Convention against…

  The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fourth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Botswana, Nicaragua, State of Palestine, and the United Arab Emirates. Going over some of the main aspects of the concluding observations, Claude Heller…

  The Committee against Torture today discussed reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Rapporteur on follow-up to…

  Par la réserve qu’il a apportée au moment de ratifier la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, le Botswana n’accepte pas d’être jugé sur la base de la définition de la torture donnée par la Convention mais seulement en fonction de sa…

  Malgré les garanties législatives et judiciaires, de nombreuses allégations de mauvais traitements et de torture sont à déplorer en Cisjordanie et à Gaza, a regretté un expert membre du Comité contre la torture, alors que se tenait, hier et aujourd’hui, l’examen du premier rapport soumis…

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the initial report of the United Arab Emirates, with Committee Experts praising the establishment of a national committee on human trafficking, and raising questions about the extradition or deportation of migrants and the arbitrary…

The Committee against Torture today considered the second periodic report of Nicaragua in the absence of a delegation, with Committee Experts calling on Nicaragua to investigate allegations of torture and ill treatment of Government opponents by State officials, in particular participants in the…

  The Committee against Torture this morning opened its seventy-fourth session, which is being held in Geneva from 12 to 29 July, during which it will review efforts by Botswana, Nicaragua, State of Palestine and the United Arab Emirates to implement the provisions of the Convention against…

  The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-third session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Cuba, Iceland, Iraq, Kenya, Montenegro and Uruguay on their efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman…

  Le Comité contre la torture s'est penché, ce matin, sur le suivi de ses observations finales, adoptées à l'issue de l'examen des rapports des États parties en vertu de l'article 19 de la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, ainsi que…