CAT/OP/ESP/2 United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 4 September 2018 English Original: Spanish English, French and Spanish only Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Visit to Spain undertaken from 15 to 26 October 2017: observations and recommendations addressed to the national preventive mechanism Report of the Subcommittee*, ** * In accordance with article 16 (1) of the Optional Protocol, the present report was transmitted confidentially to the national preventive mechanism on 15 March 2018. On 27 July 2018, the national preventive mechanism agreed to publish the report along with its replies. ** The annexes to the present document are being circulated in the language of submission only. GE.18-14575 (E) 270918 270918 

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