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Samoa “in focus” is out!
The latest entry in CTI’s “States parties in focus” blog series explores Samoa’s experiences in ratifying the UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT) in 2019, and looks at the Government’s priorities and plans. Released ahead of CTI’s Pacific regional online workshop hosted by Fiji, a CTI Core State, the blog highlights the positive steps taken by […]
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CTI West Africa Workshop: Spotlight on Investigative interviewing
Last week, from 13-15 April, the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) held an online workshop on investigative interviewing for five West African States. Hosted by CTI Core State of Ghana, and organised in partnership with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights (NCHR) together with the support of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in […]
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CTI 2020 Annual Report : Challenges and lessons from Covid-19
CTI’s 2020 Annual Report highlights a number of achievements and activities over this complex year. We are especially proud to announce that [despite Covid-19] UNCAT was the most ratified human rights treaty in 2020, accounting for one-third of all human rights treaty ratifications. We congratulate Oman and St Kitts and Nevis as the Convention’s newest […]
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Torture high on UN Human Rights Council’s agenda / HRC46
Incidents and risks of torture and ill-treatment were high on the agenda of the latest UN Human Rights Council, which concluded on 24 March 2021. Deteriorating situations in a number of countries around the world, involving the excessive use of force by police, security and military actors, were highlighted. The Council’s deliberations reconfirmed the need […]
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Commonwealth Caribbean countries move towards implementing UNCAT: workshop report out
Today, the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI), REDRESS and the Commonwealth Secretariat release a report on the “Online Technical Workshop for Commonwealth Caribbean Countries on UNCAT: Sharing Experiences of Ratification, Legislative Reform and Reporting”, held online via Zoom on 1-3 December 2020, and kindly hosted by the Government of Grenada and the Government of Chile, […]
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CTI HRC46 Item 3 Statement
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 46th session Item 3 General Debate 9 March 2021 Statement by H.E. Frank Tressler, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations in Geneva, on behalf of the Core States of the Convention against Torture Initiative Check against delivery Thank you, Madam President, I have the pleasure of […]
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CTI’s insights shared at 10th Anniversary of Convention on Enforced Disappearances
Geneva, 4 March 2021. Marking the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance, yesterday Head of Secretariat Dr. Alice Edwards was a panelist at a well-attended Webinar, where she shared CTI’s experiences of advancing ratification and implementation of the UN Convention against […]
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Recommendations to ratify Convention against Torture dominated at UPR37
Geneva, 4 February 2021 – From 18 to 29 January 2021, the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) took place in Geneva. The ratification of UNCAT and other core human rights treaties was one of the major themes of the session. The UPR is one of the main events of the UN Human Rights Council, […]
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Legal reforms and change of mindsets to counter torture in Sudan
On 20 January 2021, Dr. Alice Edwards, Head of the CTI Secretariat, participated in an online round-table on “Legislative and Institutional Reform in Sudan”, organised by REDRESS and the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Since the deposition of the former President Omar Al Bashir, who ruled Sudan for thirty years, […]
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Focus on Angola, the story of Africa’s latest UNCAT State Party
The Convention against Torture Initiative’s first publication of the year presents Angola’s experience of becoming a party to the UN Convention against Torture (UNCAT) as part of CTI’s “States parties in focus” blog series. Angola’s story highlights how UNCAT is supporting the Government’s human rights reform agenda, and sets out a number of major initiatives […]
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Protecting the rights of women in prison: the Bangkok Rules at 10
Geneva, 22 December 2020. Today, we recognise the 10th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the first set of universal rules for women in criminal justice systems: the UN Rules on the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders. The so-called ‘Bangkok Rules’ represent a pivotal change in recognising the […]
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