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Liberia must strengthen its national capacity to prevent torture, UN experts say 11/2/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Liberia
  • 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
UN torture prevention body to visit Liberia 10/25/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Liberia
  • 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
Fundamental legal safeguards must protect all detainees from torture, UN rights experts tell Kyrgyzstan 10/1/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • 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
UN torture prevention experts to visit Kyrgyzstan 9/5/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • 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
United Nations and Council of Europe torture prevention bodies to strengthen cooperation 7/26/2018
  • 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
Poland’s places of detention in the spotlight as UN torture prevention body concludes visit 7/19/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Poland
  • 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 visits Poland 7/6/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Poland
  • 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
UN torture prevention body to visit Burundi, Costa Rica, Senegal and Switzerland; terminates Rwanda visit 7/4/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Costa Rica
  • Burundi
  • Senegal
  • Switzerland
  • Rwanda
  • 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
Leave no LGBT person behind 5/16/2018
  • Statements/Messages
  • Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
  • Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
  • Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
  • Special Rapporteur on the right to health
  • Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
  • Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
  • Sp. Rapporteur on torture
  • Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
  • Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice
  • Extreme poverty
  • Education
  • Right to food
  • Adequate housing
  • Sexual orientation and gender identity
  • Torture and inhuman treatment
  • Health
  • Violence against women
  • Women
E F S R C A
Torture prevention: Portugal must seek alternatives to detention — UN experts 5/10/2018
  • Press Releases
  • Portugal
  • 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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