Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture

The tenth meeting of the States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) will be convened by the Secretary-General at the United Nations Office at Geneva on Thursday 24 October 2024, 10 AM, room XIX conference room, at Palais des Nations. The purpose of the meeting is to elect twelve members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), to replace those whose terms of office will expire on 31 December 2024.

The election of candidates for membership in the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture shall take place in accordance with articles 5 through 9 of the OPCAT. In addition, the Secretary-General would like to draw attention to the General Assembly resolution A/68/268 adopted on 9 April 2014, entitled “Strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system” and its provisions 10 and 13 on the nomination and election of treaty body experts.

The current membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture is:

Nomination

In accordance with articles 6 and 7 of the OPCAT, the Secretary-General, in a Note verbale dated 16 May 2024 (English | Français | Español), invited the States parties to submit their nominations of candidates for the election of members to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture within three months, i.e. by 16 August 2024.

Nominations and biographical data should be submitted, using a specific standard format (English | Français | Español), by a Note verbale of the Permanent Mission to the Secretary-General, c/o. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva.

The electronic Word version should be sent to [email protected], copied to [email protected], by 16 August 2024, at the latest.

The biographical data of nominated candidates should not exceed 38 lines.

List of candidates, in alphabetical order, nominated by States Parties within the deadline of 16 August:

List of candidates, in chronological order, nominated by States Parties after the deadline of 16 August:

There are 15 candidates

* Current members
** Former members

Documentation

The States party are invited to be represented at the meeting and to forward, as soon as possible and not later than 18 October 2024, the credentials for their representatives, issued either by the Head of State or Government, or by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Credentials should be directed to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office at Geneva, Palais Wilson, Geneva 10, Switzerland, at the attention of Mr. Joao Nataf, Secretary of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture ([email protected] and [email protected]). Credentials will not be accepted on the day of the meeting.