Committee against Torture

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United Nations treaty body expert committee human rights monitoring body

The Committee against Torture is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors states’ implementation of the Convention against Torture and works to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment worldwide.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty body ⓘ expert committee ⓘ human rights monitoring body ⓘ
adopts	concluding observations on States parties ⓘ
affiliation	United Nations human rights system ⓘ
composedOf	independent experts ⓘ
considers	communications from individuals alleging violations of the Convention against Torture ⓘ individual complaints under the Convention against Torture ⓘ
establishedBy	Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
field	human rights ⓘ international law ⓘ prevention of torture ⓘ
fullName	Committee against Torture self-link ⓘ
goal	eradication of torture ⓘ prevention of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Geneva ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalNature	treaty-based body ⓘ
legalStatus	subsidiary body of the States parties to the Convention against Torture ⓘ
mayConduct	confidential inquiries into systematic torture ⓘ
meetsAt	Palais Wilson, Geneva ⓘ
memberType	independent experts ⓘ
monitorsImplementationOf	Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
monitorsStatesParties	States parties to the Convention against Torture ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
regionServed	worldwide ⓘ
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ
reviews	periodic reports submitted by States parties ⓘ
scope	prevention of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ prevention of torture ⓘ
shortName	CAT ⓘ
subjectOf	General Comment No. 1 on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention ⓘ General Comment No. 2 on the implementation of article 2 of the Convention ⓘ General Comment No. 3 on article 14 of the Convention ⓘ General Comment No. 4 on article 3 of the Convention ⓘ
treatyBasis	Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
typeOfReview	treaty body review ⓘ
website	https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cat ⓘ
worksToPrevent	other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ torture ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture → cooperatesWith → Committee against Torture ⓘ

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment → establishes → Committee against Torture ⓘ

Committee against Torture → fullName → Committee against Torture self-link ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → includes → Committee against Torture ⓘ

United Nations human rights system → monitoredBy → Committee against Torture ⓘ

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment → monitoringBody → Committee against Torture ⓘ

Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture → reportsTo → Committee against Torture ⓘ