United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
CAT/OP/GBR/ROSP/1
Distr.: General
31 May 2021
Original: English
English, French and Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland undertaken from 9 to 18 September 2019:
recommendations and observations 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 27 October 2020. On 21 May 2021, 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 in the language of submission only.
GE.21-07051(E)