- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Origins and Background of OPCAT
- 2 Drafting OPCAT—Towards Deadlock: 1991–2000
- 3 The Text of OPCAT
- 4 The Scope of OPCAT
- 5 The Role of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
- 6 The Role of NPMs
- 7 OPCAT within the Broader UN and Regional Systems
- 8 Regional Trends towards Ratification and Implementation of OPCAT
- 9 Conclusion: Emerging Trends and the Future of OPCAT
- Appendix I Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Appendix II Rules of Procedure of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Appendix III Guidelines of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in relation to Visits to States Parties
- Appendix IV Preliminary Guidelines for the Ongoing Development of National Preventive Mechanisms
- Appendix V Guidelines on National Preventive Mechanisms
- Appendix VI The approach of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to the concept of prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Appendix VII Members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) as at January 2011
- Appendix VIII Chronology of States Visited by the SPT
- Bibliography
- Index
The Text of OPCAT
The Text of OPCAT
- Chapter:
- (p.39) 3 The Text of OPCAT
- Source:
- The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture
- Author(s):
Rachel Murray
Elina Steinerte
Malcolm Evans
Antenor Hallo de Wolf
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This chapter outlines the content of the final text of OPCAT. It completes the historical narrative on the background to the drafting of the text. It then briefly explains the resulting remit of the international Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) and the role of national preventive mechanisms (NPMs). The chapter also looks at some underlying issues which are key to an understanding of how OPCAT has since developed. These include the issue of standards and the concept of prevention.
Keywords: OPCAT, Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture, national preventive mechanisms, prevention, standards
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Origins and Background of OPCAT
- 2 Drafting OPCAT—Towards Deadlock: 1991–2000
- 3 The Text of OPCAT
- 4 The Scope of OPCAT
- 5 The Role of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT)
- 6 The Role of NPMs
- 7 OPCAT within the Broader UN and Regional Systems
- 8 Regional Trends towards Ratification and Implementation of OPCAT
- 9 Conclusion: Emerging Trends and the Future of OPCAT
- Appendix I Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Appendix II Rules of Procedure of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Appendix III Guidelines of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in relation to Visits to States Parties
- Appendix IV Preliminary Guidelines for the Ongoing Development of National Preventive Mechanisms
- Appendix V Guidelines on National Preventive Mechanisms
- Appendix VI The approach of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to the concept of prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Appendix VII Members of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) as at January 2011
- Appendix VIII Chronology of States Visited by the SPT
- Bibliography
- Index
