Abbreviations and Acronyms
APT - Association for the Prevention of Torture
CPTA – Committee for the prevention of Torture in Africa
CPP - Criminal Procedure Code
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross
NGO’s - Non Governmental Organsations
NHRC - National Human Rights Commission
NPM - National Preventive Mechanism
OPCAT – Optional Protocol for Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
RIG - Robben Island Guidelines for the Prohibition and Prevention of Torture in Africa
(UPR) Universal Periodic Review
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