CAT/OP/PAN/1 United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 31 July 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 Panama undertaken from 20 to 26 August 2017: observations and recommendations addressed to the State party Report of the Subcommittee*, **, *** * In accordance with article 16 (1) of the Optional Protocol, the present report was transmitted confidentially to the State party on 15 December 2017. By means of two notes verbales, dated 14 June 2018 and 13 July 2018, the State party agreed to publish the report together with its replies. ** The present document is being issued without formal editing. *** The annexes to the present document are being circulated in the language of submission only. GE.18-12640 (E) 100419  100419

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