CAT/OP/MKD/2
United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
26 March 2018
Original: English
English, French and Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia undertaken from 23 to 29 April 2017:
observations and recommendations addressed to
the national preventive mechanism
Report of the Subcommittee*, **
* In accordance with article 16 (1) of the Optional Protocol, the present report was transmitted
confidentially to the national preventive mechanism on 11 January 2018. On 20 March 2018, the
national preventive mechanism 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.18-04693(E)