Committee Against Torture

For the Russian organisation originally called the Committee Against Torture, see Crew Against Torture (Russia).

The Committee Against Torture (CAT)
United Nations Committee Against Torture
  States parties
  States that have signed, but not ratified
  States that have not signed
TypeCommittee against Torture
Signed26 June 1987[1]
LocationGeneva
Effective26 June 1987
DepositaryUN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR)UN Secretary-General[2]
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish[3]
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The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is a treaty body of human rights experts that monitors implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture by state parties. The committee is one of eight UN-linked human rights treaty bodies.[4][5] All state parties are obliged under the convention to submit regular reports to the CAT on how rights are being implemented. Upon ratifying the convention, states must submit a report within one year, after which they are obliged to report every four years. The committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the state party in the form of "concluding observations." Under certain circumstances,[6][7] the CAT may consider complaints or communications from individuals claiming that their rights under the convention have been violated.[8][9][10]

The CAT usually meets in April/May and November each year in Geneva.[11] Members are elected to four-year terms by state parties and can be re-elected if nominated.

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  2. ^ Convention Against Torture Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Article 25. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
  3. ^ Convention Against Torture Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Article 33. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
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  5. ^ "The Core International Human Rights Instruments and their monitoring bodies". Hrsg: UNHCHR. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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  8. ^ "Charta der Vereinten Nationen". Liechtensteinische Gesetzessammlung. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. ^ "UNO-Ausschuss gegen Folter". UNO: Menschenrechts-Organe. Hrsg: Humanrights.ch. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Ausschuss gegen Folter". CAT – Institutionen. Hrsg: Praetor Intermedia UG. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Membership of the CAT". Hrsg: CAT. Retrieved 3 April 2019.