Incorporating the Convention Against Torture
The Convention
UK Submissions to the UN Committee Against Torture
- UK Implementation of the UN Convention against Torture: Submission to the UN Committee against Torture– the Human Rights Consortium Scotland’s latest submission to the UN Committee
- Torture in the UK: Submission to the UN Committee Against Torture in Response to the UK List of Issues– the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s latest update on torture in the UK, submitted to the UN Committee
- Scottish Human Rights Commission Submission to the Committee Against Torture (CAT)– the SHRC’s latest submission to the UN Committee
- Children and Young People’s Commissioners of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: Joint submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture– Children and Young People’s Commissioners’ joint submission to the UN Committee Against Torture’s latest periodic report on the UK.
- The UK’s Implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment– civil society alternative report from Redress and other charities to the UN Committee, 2019
- Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland– The latest concluding observations on the UK, from the UN Committee Against Torture
The Right to Rehabilitation from Torture
- Basic Principles and Guidelines on the Right to a Remedy and Reparation for Victims of Gross Violations of International Human Rights Law and Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law– UN Resolution 60/147 of 16, 2005
- Torture survivors have the right to redress and rehabilitation– Council of Europe Human Rights Comment, 2016
Reports and Blogs
- The Benefits of Incorporating the UN Convention against Torture and other forms of Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment into Scots Law– a research report by Dr Kasey McCall Smith, University of Edinburgh
- Incorporating International Human Rights: Securing the right to rehabilitation from torture in Scots law– a briefing from the Human Rights Consortium Scotland, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, and Freedom from Torture on incorporating the right to rehabilitation into Scots Law
- Providing Rehabilitation to Victims of Torture and Other Ill-treatment– an overview on how different states have implemented the right to rehabilitation, from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI)
- From Torture Cell to Therapy Room: Survivors’ Journeys to Rehabilitation– Freedom from Torture report on rehabilitation in the UK and Europe, 2016
- The Poverty Barrier: The Right to Rehabilitation for Survivors of Torture in the UK– Freedom from Torture report, 2013
- The Legacy of Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation– blog from Leanne MacMillan, Director of Research Development at the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, 2015
- Torture victims’ rights– The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims has published papers on torture and the right to rehabilitation in 7 different countries
- Falling Through the Cracks: Asylum Procedures and Reception Conditions for Torture Victims in the European Union– The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims’ report on the EU, 2016
- New landmark jurisprudence on torture victims’ right to rehabilitation– report from the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, on the case of A.N v. Switzerland
- Torture Survivors and The Right to Rehabilitation– blog from EachOther on the barriers torture survivors face when seeking rehabilitation in the UK