Preventing and Combating Torture in South Africa : A framework for action under CAT and OPCAT
In 1998 South Africa ratified the UN Convention Against Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and in 2006 signed the Optional Protocol to CAT (OPCAT). By signing a convention a state expresses, in principle, its intention to become a party to the Convention or Protocol.
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Preventing and Combating Torture in South Africa : A framework for action under CAT and OPCAT
In 1998 South Africa ratified the UN Convention Against Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and in 2006 signed the Optional Protocol to CAT (OPCAT). By signing a convention a state expresses, in principle, its intention to become a party to the Convention or Protocol.
Preventing and Combating Torture in South Africa.pdf