CAT/OP/KGZ/2 United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 15 July 2019 Original: English English, French, Russian and Spanish only Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Visit to Kyrgyzstan undertaken from 11 to 22 September 2018: 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 26 February 2019. On 11 July 2019, the national preventive mechanism requested the Subcommittee to publish the report, in accordance with article 16 (2) of the Optional Protocol. ** The annexes to the present document are being circulated as received, in the language of submission only. GE.19-11999(E) 

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