A/67/279
I. Introduction
1.
The present report, submitted pursuant to paragraph 40 of General Assembly
resolution 66/150, is the fourteenth submitted to the General Assembly by the
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
2.
The Special Rapporteur wishes to draw attention to the reports submitted to
the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/19/61 and Add.1-5).
II. Activities related to the mandate
3.
Below is a summary of the activities carried out pursuant to the mandate since
the submission of the above-mentioned reports.
A.
Country visits
4.
The Special Rapporteur has been invited to visit Morocco from 15 to
22 September 2012. 1 He has also been invited to conduct a follow-up visit to Uruguay
in December.
5.
With regard to his visit to Bahrain, which was postponed by the Government,
the Special Rapporteur has proposed dates in February 2013 and awaits a reply. He
has proposed new dates to the Government of Iraq for a visit in the first quarter of
2013. At the invitation of the respective Governments, the Special Rapporteur plans
to visit Guatemala and Thailand in 2013.
6.
The Special Rapporteur visited Tajikistan from 10 to 18 May 2012. He shared
his preliminary findings with the Government and issued a press statement on 18 May.
The mission report to Tajikistan will be presented to the Human Rights Council at
its twenty-second session in March 2013.
B.
Highlights of presentations and consultations
7.
On 17 and 18 January 2012, the Special Rapporteur participated in a
consultation held in Addis Ababa on the enhancement of cooperation between the
African and the United Nations special procedures mechanisms for the promotion
and protection of human rights.
8.
On 16 February, the Special Rapporteur delivered a statement at the global
conference on Forensic evidence in the fight against torture, held in Washington, D.C.
9.
On 1 March, the Special Rapporteur discussed the misuse of prolonged solitary
confinement under the Supermax Confinement Program at an event held in New York.
10. From 5 to 8 March, the Special Rapporteur was in Geneva for the nineteenth
session of the Human Rights Council. He met with representatives from the
Permanent Missions of Bahrain, Cuba, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Tajikistan,
Thailand, Tunisia, the United States of America and Uruguay.
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The Special Rapporteur also intends to visit Laayoune, Western Sahara.
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