CAT/OP/KAZ/1
United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
7 February 2019
Original: English
English, French, Russian and
Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to Kazakhstan undertaken from 20 to 29
September 2016: observations and
recommendations 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 1 February 2017. On 18 January 2019, 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 report are being circulated as received, in the language of submission only.
GE.19-01885(E)