UN Subcommittee on Torture Prevention to visit Brazil
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The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will be in Brazil from this Monday (Oct. 19) until October 30 to carry out progress checks on Brazil's implementation of the recommendations arising from the first visit of the subcommittee in 2011. At the end of the mission, the delegation will make their remarks verbally to the Brazilian authorities.
The head of the mission, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, said the group are making surprise visits to prisons. In addition, they will meet with federal and state authorities, civil society representatives, and members of the National Mechanism for Preventing and Combating Torture, a body created to monitor detention facilities.
The SPT conveys its recommendations through a confidential report to the State and, if required, to the National Mechanism. However, States are encouraged to ask the subcommittee to publicly disclose their reports. “The SPT will formulate its advice on the basis of its previous observations and recommendations, the continued dialogue with the Brazilian authorities and the visit to places of detention during its mission,” Madrigal-Borloz said.
The agency has the authority to make unannounced visits to imprisonment locations in all member States which are parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, ratified by 80 countries to date.
Translated by Mayra Borges
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