Publication
Oct 2006
This guide comments on the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) regarding national preventive mechanisms (NPMs). It provides legal and practical advice on a range of issues likely to arise at the national level during the process of establishing or designating a NPM. The guide concludes that effective NPMs embedded in a larger international system are essential to achieving the aims of the Protocol.
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Series | APT Publications |
Publisher | Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) |
Copyright | © 2006 Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) |