ABOUT
THE
ASSOCIATION
FOR THE
PREVENTION
OF
TORTURE
Founded in 1977 by Jean-Jacques Gautier and based in Geneva, Switzerland, the
Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) is an independent non-governmental
organisation committed to prevent torture and ill-treatment. The APT supports national implementation of standards that prohibit torture and develops training material and
activities for professional in contact with detainees. Its specificity lies in the promotion
of preventive control mechanisms such as visits to places of detention. At the international level, the APT is thus at the origin of the European Convention for the
Prevention of Torture as well as the Optional Protocol to the United Nations
Convention against Torture. This latter text combines visits by an international body
and by a national visiting mechanisms. The APT also promotes visits at the national
level, by institutions such as ombudsperson or special visiting bodies, or by the civil
society.
P.O.Box 2267 – 1211 Geneva 2 – Switzerland
Tel. + 41 (0)22 919 21 70 – Fax +41 (0)22 919 21 80
Email: apt@apt.ch
Website: www.apt.ch
ABOUT THE OSCE OFFICE FOR
DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ODIHR)
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is the OSCE’s main
institution to assist participating States “to ensure full respect for human rights and
fundamental freedoms, to abide by the rule of law, to promote principles of democracy and (…) to build, strengthen and protect democratic institutions, as well as promote tolerance throughout society” (1992 Helsinki Document).
Based in Warsaw, Poland, the ODIHR provides assistance to democratization processes, observes elections, and monitors human rights developments. The Office’s democratization activities include some 100 targeted assistance programmes in the following six thematic areas: rule of law, civil society, freedom of movement, gender equality, trafficking in human beings and anti-terrorism.
Aleje Ujazdowskie 19 – 00-557 Warsaw – Poland
tel. +48-22-520 06 00, fax. +48-22-520 06 03
Email: office@odihr.pl
Internet: www.osce.org/odihr