CAT/OP/BRA/3*
United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
16 February 2017
Original: English
English, French and Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to Brazil undertaken from 19 to 30 October
2015: observations and recommendations
addressed to the State party
Report of the Subcommittee**
* Reissued for technical reasons on 6 March 2017.
** In accordance with article 16 (1) of the Optional Protocol, the present report was transmitted
confidentially to the State party on 24 November 2016. On 10 January 2017 the State party made
public the present report at www.sdh.gov.br/noticias/2017/sedh-publica-relatorio-de-subcomite-daonu-sobre-prevencao-e-combate-a-tortura-e-maus-tratos-no-sistema-carcerario; consequently, in
accordance with article 16 (2) of the Optional Protocol, the present report is published by the
Subcommittee.
GE.17-02435(E)