The 37th Session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture will be held at the United Nations Office in Geneva from 6 – 24 November 2006. During this session, the Committee will consider reports from the following States during the session: Hungary, Russian Federation, Mexico, Guyana, South Africa, Tajikistan, Seychelles (non-reporting). The Committee Against Torture (CAT) is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its State parties. All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially one year after acceding to the Convention and then every four years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the State party in the form of “concluding observations”. In addition to the reporting procedure, the Convention establishes three other mechanisms through which the Committee performs its monitoring functions: the Committee may also, under certain circumstances, consider individual complaints or communications from individuals claiming that their rights under the Convention have been violated, undertake inquiries, and consider inter-state complaints. The Committee meets in Geneva and normally holds two sessions per year consisting of a plenary (of three weeks in May and two weeks in November) and a one-week pre-sessional working group. The Committee also publishes its interpretation of the content of human rights provisions, known as general comments on thematic issues. For more information, contact: Further information
UN OHCHR - Committee against Torture
Office for the High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR)
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COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE: 37th Session
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