The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) establishes an independent international monitoring committee (SPT) which itself will visit s

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This volume provides a thorough commentary on the articles of the Convention against Torture, with historical context and analysis of relevant case law from mon

In the past three decades, international and regional human rights bodies have developed an ever-lengthening list of measures that states are required to adopt