CAT/C/42/2
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CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Page
I.
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................
1-5
4
II.
MANDATE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
PREVENTION OF TORTURE ....................................................
6 - 13
5
III.
IV.
V.
A. Objectives of the Optional Protocol to the Convention
against Torture .......................................................................
6
5
B. Key features of the mandate of the Subcommittee on
Prevention of Torture .............................................................
7-8
5
C. Powers of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
under the Optional Protocol ...................................................
9 - 11
6
D. The preventive approach ........................................................
12 - 13
6
VISITING PLACES OF DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY ............
14 - 32
7
A. Planning the work of the Subcommittee on Prevention
of Torture in the field .............................................................
14 - 19
7
B. Visits carried out from April 2008 through March 2009 .......
20 - 27
8
C. Publication of the visit reports of the Subcommittee on
Prevention of Torture .............................................................
28 - 29
10
D. Issues arising from the visits ..................................................
30 - 32
10
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS .............................
33 - 42
11
A. Work of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
related to national preventive mechanisms ............................
33 - 39
11
B. Questions concerning national preventive mechanisms ........
40 - 42
12
COOPERATION WITH OTHER BODIES .................................
43 - 61
13
A. Relations with relevant United Nations bodies ......................
43 - 50
13
B. Relations with other relevant international organizations ......
51 - 56
14
C. Relations with civil society ....................................................
57 - 61
15