CTI - Convention against Torture Initiative

Promoting universal ratification and implementation of the UN Convention against Torture by 2024

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CTI delivers statement to UNGA 76 Third Committee

Towards coercion-free interviewing and fair administration of justice in West Africa: CTI Professional Training Workshop Report is out!

CTI Briefing to LDCs/SIDS Trust Fund Delegates fosters cross-regional experience-sharing and inspires action on UN Convention against Torture

Mission Statement

We want, once and for all, to remove torture from the toolkit of terror and oppression and to put an end to the profound traumas and societal wounds caused by this violent practice.
Joint Statement to the Human Rights Council in 2014 at the launch of CTI by the Governments of Chile, Denmark, Ghana, Indonesia and Morocco. Fiji joined as CTI Core State in 2019.

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