Committee Against Torture (CAT)
The Committee Against Torture (CAT), monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (1984).
Information for NGOs and NHRIs
IDA monitors the work of the Committee against Torture (CAT) and advocates for the mainstreaming of the rights of persons with disabilities in its mandate. Additionally, IDA provides input into the elaboration of General Comments by the CAT Committee
Here below you can find information about the recent session of the Committee Against Torture. For detailed information on past sessions of the Committee Against Torture, please click the link "View All Sessions" at the bottom of this page.
48th Session (May 2012)
The Committee against Torture will be holding its 48th session from 7 May – 1 June 2012.
More information on this session.
IDA’s recommendations for Concluding Observations, and IDA’s disability analysis of the State reports. The European Network of (ex-) Users and Survivors of Psychiatry and the European Disability Forum made a joint submission on the Czech Republic.
Pre-Sessional Working Group
The Committee will also adopt lists of issues on Senegal, Togo, Tajikistan and Qatar.
IDA’s proposed questions for the list of issues and disability analysis of those State reports.
