CAT/C/57/4
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
22 March 2016
Original: English
Committee against Torture
Fifty-seventh session
18 April-13 May 2016
Item 5 of the provisional agenda
Organizational and other matters
Ninth annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention
of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment
Summary
The ninth annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment surveys the work of the
Subcommittee during 2015.
Following a brief introduction, section II provides an update on developments
relating to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture system, including visits,
the increase in States parties and in designated national preventive mechanisms, and the
operation of the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol.
Section III highlights areas of cooperation between the Subcommittee and other
international and regional bodies and civil society.
Section IV provides information concerning the Subcommittee’s working practices,
including preliminary thoughts on some substantive issues.
Section V sets out the Subcommittee’s views on prevention of torture and other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
and intersex persons.
Section VI reflects on the Subcommittee’s 2016 programme of work and the
practical challenges facing the Subcommittee as it continues to develop its work.
The annex contains a compilation of advice provided by the Subcommittee in 2015
in response to requests from national preventive mechanisms.
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