CAT/OP/NLD/1 United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 3 November 2016 Original: English English, French and Spanish only Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Visit to the Netherlands for the purpose of providing advisory assistance to the national preventive mechanism: recommendations and observations addressed to the State party Report of the Subcommittee*, **, *** * In accordance with the decision taken by the Subcommittee at its fifth session regarding the processing of its visit reports, the present document was not edited. On 23 September 2016, the State party requested the Subcommittee to publish the report, in accordance with article 16 (2) of the Optional Protocol. ** In accordance with article 16 (1) of the Optional Protocol, the present report was transmitted confidentially to the State party on 16 March 2016. *** The annexes to the present document are being circulated in the language of submission only. GE.16-19107(E) 

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