Contents:

Prohibition of Torture

• Convention Against Torture, Espaņol, Français, including ratification information, status of CAT (CAT/C/2/Rev.4)
  • Treaty Body Database: find many UN documents relating to the practice of the Committee Against Torture
  • Committee Against Torture (general information through University of Minnesota), search, tentative schedule
  • Rules of Procedure of the Committee (CAT/C/3/Rev.1, text file; warning: 70K), plus amendments to rules 106 and 108 (A/50/44, Annex VI, text file), amendments to rules 17 and 84 (A/51/44, Annex VI, text file)
  • General guidelines for initial reports (CAT/C/4/Rev.2), consolidated guidelines for the initial part of State reports (HRI/CORE/1, Annex)
  • General guidelines for periodic reports (CAT/C/14)
  • Consideration of state reports, conclusions and recommendations (through University of Minnesota)
  • Model communication, text file
  • Decisions on communications (through University of Minnesota)
  • Report 1994 (A/49/44), report 1995 (A/50/44), report 1996 (A/51/44), report 1997 (A/52/44), report 1998 (A/53/44), report 1999 (A/54/44) (through the Treaty Body Database)
  • Press releases, (through New York), press releases (through Geneva), press releases before 1996 (gopher)
  
  
• European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, First Protocol, Second Protocol
  • European Committee for the Prevention of Torture. Information and official documents of the European Committee, an excellent site.
• Hoge Raad 15 oktober 1996, nr. 103.862U (Dutch Supreme Court case)
• Human Rights in the Administration of Justice
• Human Rights Committee, General Comment 20 on article 7 ICCPR (HRI\GEN\1\Rev.1 at 30), General Comment 21 on article 10 (HRI\GEN\1\Rev.1 at 33, through University of Minnesota)
• Human Rights Committee, search decisions on communications (enter 'torture', through University of Minnesota)
• Impunity
• Judgment by the British Law Lords on Pinochet's immunity, considerations by Lord Nicholls, considerations by Lord Steyn.
• Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture
• Protection from Torture, Ill-Treatment, and Disappearance
• Provisions against Torture in General International Human Rights Instruments
• Rights of Prisoners and Detainees
• Special Rapporteur on Torture, report 1994 (E/CN.4/1994/31), report 1995, another copy, yet another (E/CN.4/1995/34), addendum 1995 (E/CN.4/1995/34/Add.1/Corr.1), report 1996, another copy (E/CN.4/1996/35), addendum 1996, another copy (E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1), another addendum 1996, another copy, (E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.2), report 1997, addendum, (E/CN.4/1997/7/Add.2) (through University of Minnesota, UNHCR, UNHCHR, UNDP)
• UN Declaration Against Torture (through University of Minnesota)
• UN Standards, Guidelines, and International Instruments
• United States Comprehensive Torture Victims Relief Act (S. 1058)