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The Committee Against Torture (CAT)
United Nations Committee Against Torture
States parties
States that have signed, but not ratified
States that have not signed
Type
Committee against Torture
Signed
26 June 1987[1]
Location
Geneva
Effective
26 June 1987
Depositary
UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR)UN Secretary-General[2]
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish[3]
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The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is a treaty body of human rights experts that monitors implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture by state parties. The committee is one of eight UN-linked human rights treaty bodies.[4][5] All state parties are obliged under the convention to submit regular reports to the CAT on how rights are being implemented. Upon ratifying the convention, states must submit a report within one year, after which they are obliged to report every four years. The committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the state party in the form of "concluding observations." Under certain circumstances,[6][7] the CAT may consider complaints or communications from individuals claiming that their rights under the convention have been violated.[8][9][10]
The CAT usually meets in April/May and November each year in Geneva.[11] Members are elected to four-year terms by state parties and can be re-elected if nominated.
^"Committee Against Torture – Membership". United Nations OHCHR. 2009. Archived from the original on 14 February 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^Convention Against Torture Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Article 25. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
^Convention Against Torture Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Article 33. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
^"Human Rights Bodies". Hrsg: UN-Hochkommissariat für Menschenrechte, UNHCHR. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^"The Core International Human Rights Instruments and their monitoring bodies". Hrsg: UNHCHR. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^"Übereinkommen gegen Folter und andere grausame, unmenschliche oder erniedrigende Behandlung oder Strafe". Liechtensteinische Gesetzessammlung. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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