OPCAT: Optional Protocol to the CAT

06.03.2012
OPCAT approved by Philippine Senate
RCT Partner Balay has been instrumental in the process.
25.11.2011
Transforming Places of Detention: The Role of Civil Society
Video presentation from RCT partnership workshop 2011.
08.06.2009
Philippines close to prohibit torture by law
Hopes are high after the Senate June 1st 2009 passed the anti-torture bill.
13.02.2009
Prevention in Cambodia
Reporting from a workshop on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT).

The prevention of torture in Africa : proceedings from the regional conference held in Dakar, Senegal, on 27‐28 April 2010Association for the Prevention of...Geneva : APT, 2011. -
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against TortureMurray, RachelSteinerte, ElinaEvans,...Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xx, 241 p.
Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture : implementation manualAPTIIDHAssociation for the Prevention...rev. ed.. - Geneva : APT, 2010. - 301 p.
Navigating the boundaries of prevention : the role of OPCAT in deportation with diplomatic assurancesWolf, Antenor Hallo deWatson, JamesNetherlands quarterly of human rights ; vol. 27, no. 4, 2009. - p. 525-566
The treatment of prisoners under international lawRodley, NigelPollard, Matt3rd ed.. - New York : Oxford University Press, Inc., 2009. - li, 697 p.

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