last updated Feb 13, 2009 Preventive measures are key to eradicate the use of torture worldwide. The UN Convention against Torture stipulates a number of essential safeguards, as well as legislative, administrative and other measures, including independent monitoring of all places of detention.
last updated Feb 13, 2009 Regular visits to places of detention by independent monitoring bodies constitute the most effective means to prevent torture and to generate timely and adequate responses to allegations of abuse and ill-treatment by law enforcement officials.The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture is the first international instrument requiring States Parties to prevent torture and other forms of ill-treatment through a system of regular visits by international and national monitoring mechanisms.
last updated Nov 30, 2010 5 November 2010, Geneva, Switzerland
last updated Apr 05, 2011 Extracts from "The United Nations Convention Against Torture - A Commentary" by Manfred Nowak and Elizabeth McArthur, 2008, Oxford University Press
last updated Apr 05, 2011 Extracts from "The United Nations Convention Against Torture - A Commentary" by Manfred Nowak and Elizabeth McArthur, 2008, Oxford University Press
last updated Apr 05, 2011 Extracts from "The United Nations Convention Against Torture - A Commentary" by Manfred Nowak and Elizabeth McArthur, 2008, Oxford University Press
last updated Apr 05, 2011 Extracts from "The United Nations Convention Against Torture - A Commentary" by Manfred Nowak and Elizabeth McArthur, 2008, Oxford University Press
last updated Apr 05, 2011 Extracts from "The United Nations Convention Against Torture - A Commentary" by Manfred Nowak and Elizabeth McArthur, 2008, Oxford University Press
