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OPCAT - the torture prevention treaty

The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture – OPCAT – sends a clear message: the risk of torture and other ill-treatment exists in all situations where persons are deprived of their liberty. Therefore, prevention is needed everywhere and at all times. Today, 10 years after the OPCAT entered into force, more than 80 States have agreed to open up their places of detention to independent oversight by the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and National Preventive Mechanisms. In these first 10 years, the global system of preventing torture has led to important changes in law and practices around the world. This year is an opportunity to highlight some of these positive changes and encourage further efforts to protect rights and dignity in detention.