UN Committee Against Torture (CAT)

The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties.

All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every four years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of concluding observations. Website: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/

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Concluding observations on the initial report of Burkina Faso 2 January 2014 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: Concluding Observations
Concluding observations on the combined third and fourth periodic reports of Sri Lanka, Addendum : Information received from Sri Lanka on follow-up to the concluding observations 2014 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: Country Reports
Concluding observations on the combined fifth and sixth periodic reports of Poland 23 December 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: Concluding Observations
Observations of the Committee against Torture on the revision of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMR) 16 December 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: Thematic Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the optional reporting procedure : Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment : 3rd to 5th periodic reports of States parties due in 2011 : United States of America 4 December 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention : Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment : 3rd periodic report of States parties due in 1996, submitted in response to the list of issues (CAT/C/URY/Q/3) transmitted to the State party pursuant to the optional reporting procedure (A/62/44, paras. 23 and 24) : Uruguay 15 November 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention, pursuant to the optional reporting procedure : Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment : combined 6th and 7th periodic reports of States parties due in 2012 : Sweden 4 October 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention pursuant to the optional reporting procedure : Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment : 6th periodic reports of States parties due in 2011 : Ukraine 3 October 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 19 of the Convention, Initial reports of States parties due in 2002 : Sierra Leone 9 September 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: States Parties Reports
Report on the visit made by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment for the purpose of providing advisory assistance to the national preventive mechanism of Senegal : Report for the national preventive mechanism 31 July 2013 \| Publisher: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) \| Document type: Country Reports

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