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UN torture prevention body calls for vaccination programmes for people deprived of liberty

6/30/2021

Press Releases

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture

Torture and inhuman treatment

E F S R C A

Governments must protect those who help torture victims, say human rights experts

6/24/2021

Press Releases

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Committee against Torture
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Fund for Victims of Torture

Torture and inhuman treatment

E F S R C A

Protecting civic space critical to ensuring redress and accountability for victims of torture - 26 June 2021

6/24/2021

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Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Committee against Torture
Fund for Victims of Torture

Torture and inhuman treatment

E F S R C A

The right to freedom of religion or belief and the right to live free from violence and discrimination based on SOGI are both built on a promise of human freedom

5/14/2021

Statements/Messages

Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Independent expert on Somalia
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Committee against Torture
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Independent expert older persons
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Sexual orientation and gender identity
Religious intolerance
Mercenaries
Right to drinking water
Cultural rights
Education
Environment
Indigenous peoples
Leprosy
Minorities
Right to food
Independence of judiciary
Internally displaced persons
Freedom of opinion and expression
Human rights defenders
Older persons
Torture and inhuman treatment
Traffic in persons
Health
Terrorism
Slavery
Human Rights and International Solidarity
Disability
Truth justice and reparation
International Order
Violence against women
Summary or arbitrary executions
Arbitrary detention
Freedom of association
Transnational corporations

E F S R C A

Governments must do more to prevent slavery and exploitation during COVID-19 pandemic

11/30/2020

Press Releases

Occupied Palestinian Territory
Somalia
Myanmar
Mali

Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Independent expert on Somalia
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Independent Expert on Mali
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
WG on Disappearances
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Committee against Torture
Committee on Enforced Disappearance
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee on Migrant Workers
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues

Slavery
Traffic in persons
Racism and racial discrimination
International Order
Summary or arbitrary executions
Independence of judiciary
Right to development
Toxics and human rights
Migrant workers
Leprosy
Extreme poverty
Education
Children rights
Environment
Mercenaries
Right to drinking water
Health
Terrorism
Torture and inhuman treatment
Internally displaced persons
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Transnational corporations
Albinism
Disability
Enforced or involuntary disappearances
Cultural rights
Women rights
Women
Arbitrary detention
Migration and Human Rights
Sale of children
Minorities

E F S R C A

UN torture prevention body: COVID-19 shows need to strengthen national preventive mechanisms

7/2/2020

Press Releases

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture

Torture and inhuman treatment

E F S R C A

COVID-19 exacerbates the risk of ill-treatment and torture worldwide – UN experts

6/26/2020

Statements/Messages

Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Committee against Torture
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Fund for Victims of Torture

Torture and inhuman treatment

E F S R C A

UN torture prevention body suspends Argentina visit over Covid-19 concerns
Postpones scheduled visits to Bulgaria, Australia and Nauru

3/11/2020

Press Releases

Argentina
Bulgaria
Australia
Nauru

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture

Torture and inhuman treatment
Coronavirus disease 2019

E F S R C A

UN torture prevention body confirms upcoming visits and issues advice on compulsory quarantine for Coronavirus

3/6/2020

Press Releases

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture

E F S R C A

UN torture prevention body makes second visit to Argentina

3/5/2020

Press Releases

Argentina

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture

Torture and inhuman treatment

E F S R C A

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