CAT/OP/BEN/3
United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
1 October 2018
English
Original: French
English, French and Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to Benin undertaken from 11 to 15 January
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 6 December 2016. On 26 July 2018, the State party requested the
Subcommittee to publish the report, in accordance with article 16 (2) of the Optional Protocol.
** The annexes are being circulated as received, in the language of submission only.
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