CAT
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The Committee against Torture (CAT) is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by its State parties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CAT canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1968367 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CAT Context triple: [Committee against Torture, shortName, CAT]
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CAT
The Committee for Advanced Therapies is a scientific body within the European Medicines Agency responsible for assessing advanced therapy medicinal products such as gene, cell, and tissue-engineered therapies.
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Cats
Cats is a long-running, award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on T.S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats," renowned for its distinctive costumes, choreography, and songs like "Memory."
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Catz
Catz is the informal nickname for St Catharine’s College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
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D.
Catz
Catz is the surname of Safra Catz, a prominent business executive best known as the CEO of Oracle Corporation.
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E.
Cat Country
Cat Country is a themed exhibit at the Memphis Zoo that showcases a variety of wild feline species in naturalistic habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CAT Target entity description: The Committee against Torture (CAT) is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by its State parties.
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A.
CAT
The Committee for Advanced Therapies is a scientific body within the European Medicines Agency responsible for assessing advanced therapy medicinal products such as gene, cell, and tissue-engineered therapies.
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B.
Cats
Cats is a long-running, award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on T.S. Eliot’s "Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats," renowned for its distinctive costumes, choreography, and songs like "Memory."
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C.
Catz
Catz is the informal nickname for St Catharine’s College, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.
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D.
Catz
Catz is the surname of Safra Catz, a prominent business executive best known as the CEO of Oracle Corporation.
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E.
Cat Country
Cat Country is a themed exhibit at the Memphis Zoo that showcases a variety of wild feline species in naturalistic habitats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United Nations treaty body
ⓘ
human rights monitoring body ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CAT ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
UN Committee against Torture
ⓘ
linked to:
Committee against Torture
|
| belongsTo |
United Nations human rights treaty bodies system
ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations treaty bodies
|
| dateEstablished | 1987 ⓘ |
| electingBody | States parties to the Convention against Torture ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ |
| field |
human rights
ⓘ
prevention of torture ⓘ |
| fullName | Committee against Torture ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionOver | States parties to the Convention against Torture ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Geneva ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ |
| locatedInOrganization | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ |
| meetingFrequency | twice a year ⓘ |
| meetsAt | Palais Wilson ⓘ |
| memberCount | 10 independent experts ⓘ |
| memberType | independent experts ⓘ |
| monitoringMethod |
State reporting procedure
ⓘ
individual communications procedure ⓘ inquiry procedure ⓘ |
| monitorsImplementationOf |
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ⓘ
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ |
| oversightArea |
prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
ⓘ
prohibition of torture ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | United Nations ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
adopt general comments on provisions of the Convention against Torture
ⓘ
conduct confidential inquiries into systematic torture ⓘ consider individual complaints under the Convention against Torture ⓘ examine reports submitted by States parties ⓘ issue concluding observations on State party reports ⓘ monitor implementation of the Convention against Torture by States parties ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| relatedConvention | Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture ⓘ |
| renewable | yes ⓘ |
| reportsTo |
United Nations General Assembly
ⓘ
United Nations Human Rights Council ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
United Nations human rights treaty system
ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations treaty bodies
|
| termLength | four years ⓘ |
| typeOfSanctionPower | non-judicial, quasi-judicial recommendations ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cat ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: CAT Description of subject: The Committee against Torture (CAT) is a United Nations body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by its State parties.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.