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The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties.
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Click on the image to access the interactive mapSee the maps on ratifications (PDF) of the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment or its Optional Protocol
69th CAT session (20 April - 15 May 2020)Postponed due to COVID-19
70th CAT session (13-24 July 2020)
Replacement of one member of CAT in application of Art. 17, para. 6 of the Convention
68th session (11 November – 6 December 2019)
Statement of the CAT Chairperson to the UNGA 74th session
17th Meeting of States parties (Geneva, 3 October 2019): Elected candidates
Latest CAT Annual Report (A/74/44)
General Comment No. 4 (2017) on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention in the context of article 22Arabic | English | Russian | Spanish
Guidelines on the receipt and handling of allegations on reprisals (CAT/C/55/2)
Guidelines for follow-up to concluding observations (CAT/C/55/3)
30th anniversary of the Convention against Torture, 4 November 2014
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