United Nations
Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
CAT/OP/CHE/ROSP/1
Distr.: General
22 March 2021
English
Original: French
English, French and Spanish only
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Visit to Switzerland undertaken from 27 January to 7
February 2019: recommendations and observations
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 26 May 2020. On 5 March 2021, 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 and the footnotes are being circulated in the language of submission
only.
GE.21-03779 (E)
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