General Comment No. 3 on article 14 of the Convention

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General Comment No. 3 on article 14 of the Convention is an authoritative interpretation by the UN Committee against Torture detailing states’ obligations to ensure redress and rehabilitation for victims of torture under the Convention against Torture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UN human rights treaty body document ⓘ
authoritative interpretation ⓘ
general comment ⓘ
addresses compensation for victims of torture ⓘ
gender‑sensitive and victim‑centred approaches ⓘ
non‑discrimination in access to redress ⓘ
rehabilitation for victims of torture ⓘ
restitution for victims of torture ⓘ
satisfaction and guarantees of non‑repetition ⓘ
special needs of particularly vulnerable victims ⓘ
adoptedBy Committee against Torture ⓘ
UN Committee against Torture ⓘ
adoptionDate 2012 ⓘ
aimsTo ensure effective remedies for torture victims ⓘ
guide States parties in implementing article 14 ⓘ
strengthen protection of torture victims ⓘ
appliesTo States parties to the Convention against Torture ⓘ
basedOn Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
clarifies content of the right to redress for torture victims ⓘ
forms of reparation for torture victims ⓘ
obligation to ensure effective access to justice for torture victims ⓘ
obligation to provide rehabilitation services ⓘ
scope of article 14 of the Convention against Torture ⓘ
focusesOn procedural obligations of States parties ⓘ
right to as full rehabilitation as possible ⓘ
right to fair and adequate compensation ⓘ
right to redress ⓘ
substantive obligations of States parties ⓘ
interprets article 14 of the Convention against Torture ⓘ
issuedBy Committee against Torture ⓘ
UN Committee against Torture ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalNature authoritative but non‑binding interpretation ⓘ
partOf jurisprudence of the Committee against Torture ⓘ
relatedTo international human rights law on reparations ⓘ
prohibition of torture ⓘ
right to an effective remedy ⓘ
subjectMatter obligations of States parties under article 14 ⓘ
redress for victims of torture ⓘ
rehabilitation for victims of torture ⓘ
treatyBody Committee against Torture ⓘ
UNDocumentSymbol CAT/C/GC/3 ⓘ
usedBy States parties in drafting legislation on redress for torture victims ⓘ
courts and tribunals interpreting obligations under the Convention against Torture ⓘ
human rights practitioners and advocates ⓘ

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Committee against Torture → subjectOf → General Comment No. 3 on article 14 of the Convention ⓘ
CAT/C/GC/3 → fullName → General Comment No. 3 of the Committee against Torture ⓘ
linked to: General Comment No. 3 on article 14 of the Convention