The National Preventive Mechanism Directory
The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) is an international Human Rights treaty, with the purpose to protect persons 'deprived of their liberty against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment'. OPCAT requires every State party to establish a 'National Preventive Mechanism' (NPM) within one year. The NPM Directory holds fundamental information about all the designated National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) around the world, providing users with quick and easy access to the basic information about each NPM.
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NPM Directory: Africa (PDF, 982kB)
Including: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia
Yet to provide: Benin, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, South Sudan
- NPM Directory: Americas (PDF, 1,053kB)
Including: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
Yet to provide: Belize, Panama
- NPM Directory: Asia (PDF, 895kB)
Including: Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, New Zealand
Yet to provide: Lebanon, Mongolia, Nauru, Philippines
- NPM Directory: Eastern Europe (PDF, 1,154kB)
Including: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Yet to provide: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- NPM Directory: Western Europe (PDF, 1,157kB)
Including: Austria, Cyprus, Denmark and Greenland, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United KingdomContact Us
For futher information please contact Prof. Rachel Murray
Email: Rachel.murray@bristol.ac.uk
- NPM Directory: Americas (PDF, 1,053kB)
