OPCAT establishing resolution

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The OPCAT establishing resolution is the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/57/199 that created the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, setting up an international system of preventive visits to places of detention.

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Label Occurrences
OPCAT Article 3 1
OPCAT establishing resolution canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations General Assembly resolution ⓘ
international human rights instrument ⓘ
adoptedAtSession 57th session of the United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptedOn 18 December 2002 ⓘ
adoptionMethod vote ⓘ
adoptsTextOf Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture ⓘ
aimsTo prevent torture through regular visits to places of detention ⓘ
strengthen protection of persons deprived of their liberty ⓘ
basedOnConvention Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
callsUpon States to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture ⓘ
category United Nations General Assembly resolutions on human rights ⓘ
concerns persons deprived of liberty ⓘ
places of detention ⓘ
createsInstrument Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture ⓘ
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
establishesMechanism Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
national preventive mechanisms ⓘ
fallsUnderAgendaItem human rights ⓘ
followedBy entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture on 22 June 2006 ⓘ
hasUNDocumentSymbol A/RES/57/199 ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor international system of preventive visits to places of detention ⓘ
legalStatus non-binding resolution establishing a binding protocol ⓘ
linkedToMonitoringBody Committee against Torture ⓘ
organization United Nations ⓘ
partOfBodyOfLaw United Nations treaty law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
placeOfAdoption New York City ⓘ
providesFor international visits to places of detention ⓘ
national visits to places of detention ⓘ
referenceNumber 57/199 ⓘ
regionScope global ⓘ
relatedTo Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations system of treaty bodies ⓘ
relatesToTreaty Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
shortName OPCAT establishing resolution ⓘ
subjectMatter prevention of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ
prevention of torture ⓘ
typeOfMeasure treaty-establishing resolution ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/57/199 → shortName → OPCAT establishing resolution ⓘ
National Preventive Mechanisms → legalFrameworkArticle → OPCAT Article 3 ⓘ
linked to: OPCAT establishing resolution