Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

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Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture

United Nations

Also known as: OPCAT

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In 2002 the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) established a Subcommittee on Prevention, an expert body that, unlike the committees and the Special Rapporteur, would have the right and obligation to visit states without further consent of a state party to the protocol. Inspired by…
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In 2002 the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) established a Subcommittee on Prevention, an expert body that, unlike the committees and the Special Rapporteur, would have the right and obligation to visit states without further consent of a state party to the protocol. Inspired by…
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