Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture information
2002 treaty supplementing the UN Convention Against Torture
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture
Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Ratified or acceded
Signed but not ratified
Non-parties
Type
Human rights convention
Drafted
18 December 2002[1]
Signed
18 December 2002
Location
New York
Effective
22 June 2006[1]
Condition
20 ratifications[2]
Signatories
76[1]
Parties
92[1]
Depositary
UN Secretary-General[3]
Languages
Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish[4]
The Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT)) is a treaty that supplements to the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture. It establishes an international inspection system for places of detention modeled on the system that has existed in Europe since 1987 (the Committee for the Prevention of Torture).
The OPCAT was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 18 December 2002,[1] and it entered into force on 22 June 2006.[1] As of March 2023, the Protocol has 76 signatories and 92 parties.[1]
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^OPCAT Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Article 28. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
^OPCAT Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Article 27. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
^OPCAT Archived 2008-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Article 37. Retrieved on 30 December 2008.
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