Report of the Committee Against Torture and Status of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

A/RES/49/177View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1995.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1991–1995

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1995	A/RES/49/177	Report of the Committee against Torture and status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	1,015	—
1993	A/RES/47/113	Report of the Committee against Torture and status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	—	—
1991	A/RES/45/142	Report of the Committee against Torture and status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Advisory Services Armed Forces Budget Contributions Financing Guidelines Human Rights Information Exchange Periodic Reports Police Reporting Procedures Reservations and Declarations Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Staffing Technical Cooperation Torture and Other Cruel Treatment Training Programmes Treaties Work Organization

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Commends the Committee against Torture for its excellent report, in its modified presentation,⁹ and for the improvement in its working methods;

⁹Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/49/44).

Notes the status of submission of reports by States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;¹⁰

¹⁰Ibid., annex III.

Emphasizes the importance of the strictest compliance by States parties with their obligations under the Convention;

Urges all States parties to the Convention to notify the Secretary-General of their acceptance of the amendments to articles 17 and 18 of the Convention as soon as possible;

Encourages the open-ended working group of the Commission on Human Rights on the elaboration of a draft optional protocol to the Convention to intensify its deliberations with a view to an early conclusion of its work;

Stresses the importance of strict adherence by States parties to their obligations under the Convention regarding the financing of the Committee against Torture, thus enabling it to carry out in an effective and efficient manner all the functions entrusted to it under the Convention, and urges States parties whose arrears predate the provisions made by the Secretary-General for financing the Committee from the regular budget to fulfil their obligations forthwith;

Invites States parties to consider contributing to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture as a gesture reflecting the determination of States to promote human rights;

Welcomes the attention that the Committee against Torture has given to the development of an effective system of reporting on the implementation of the Convention by States parties, and especially its revision of its general guidelines for the submission of reports by States parties, as well as its practice of formulating concluding observations after the consideration of such reports;

Commends the Centre for Human Rights of the Secretariat for the advisory services and technical assistance it provides to States, at their request, in preparing national reports to the Committee;

Welcomes the continuing close contacts and exchange of information, reports and documents between the Committee against Torture and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on questions relating to torture;

Invites donor countries and developing countries that so agree to consider including in their bilateral development cooperation programmes and projects relating to the training of armed forces and police personnel in matters relating to the protection of human rights and the prevention of torture;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure the provision of appropriate staff and facilities for the effective performance of the functions of the Committee against Torture;

Urges all States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention as a matter of priority;

Invites all States ratifying or acceding to the Convention and those States which are parties to the Convention and which have not yet done so to make the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, and to consider the possibility of withdrawing their reservations to article 20;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-first session and to the General Assembly at its fifty-first session a report on the status of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;

Decides to consider the reports of the Secretary-General and the Committee against Torture at its fifty-first session under the sub-item entitled "Implementation of human rights instruments".

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