UN torture prevention body to visit
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
GENEVA (6 September 2019) — The
United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is set to carry out
its first visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
from the 8th to the 19th of September 2019. The SPT will examine the treatment
of people deprived of their liberty and the safeguards in place for their
protection against torture and ill-treatment. The main focus of the visit will
be on strengthening the framework and functioning of the National Preventive
Mechanism (NPM).
The six-member delegation will hold
discussions with government officials, and civil society, as well as visit
places where persons are deprived of their liberty. The delegation will also
work closely with the NPM, which has a particular structure, being made up of
21 statutory bodies that independently monitor places of deprivation of
liberty.
“We believe that one of the most
efficient ways to prevent ill-treatment and violations of human rights in
places of deprivation of liberty is through a strengthening of the framework of
the NPM. That is why we will have a particular focus on NPMs during the course
of our visit”, says Daniel Fink, the head of the delegation.
The visit follows the establishment
of the practical aspects of a stronger cooperation between the SPT and the CPT,
the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture. As the CPT
recently undertook a visit to the UK, the SPT visit will focus more on the
functioning of the NPM and the coordination between these bodies (see links
below).
The delegation will be composed of
Mr. Daniel FINK (Switzerland) as Head of Delegation Mr. Satyabhooshun Gupt
DOMAH (Mauritius), Ms. Susanne JABBOUR (Lebanon), Mr. Kosta MITROVIC (Serbia),
Ms. June Caridad PAGADUAN LOPEZ (Philippines), and Ms. Zdenka PEROVIĆ
(Montenegro).
ENDS
For media inquiries or for more
information, please contact:
In UK: Armen Avetisyan, +44 (0)
79-221 8074 / aavetisyan@ohchr.org
In Geneva: Joao Nataf, + 41 (0) 22
917 9102 / jnataf@ohchr.org
Background
The Subcommittee on Prevention ofTorture monitors States parties’ adherence to the Optional Protocol to theConvention Against Torture which to date has been ratified by 9089 countries.
The Subcommittee is made up of 25 members who are independent human rights
experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and
not as representatives of States parties. The Subcommittee has a mandate to
undertake visits to States parties, during the course of which it may visit any
place where persons may be deprived of their liberty. Learn more with our
videos on the Treaty Body system and on the Subcommittee on the Prevention ofTorture!
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