CAT/OP/PRT/1
United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
3 July 2019
Original: English
English, French and Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to Portugal undertaken from 1 to 10 May
2018: 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 8 November 2018. On 31 May 2019, the State party 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.19-11249(E)