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Committee Against Torture to meet in Geneva, 2 to 20 May 2005; Will Consider Reports of Togo, Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Uganda, Bahrain.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 29-APR-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 April 2005-UN: Committee Against Torture to meet in Geneva, 2 to 20 May 2005; Will Consider Reports of Togo, Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Uganda, Bahrain(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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GENEVA (UN Information Service) -- The Committee against Torture will meet at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 2 to 20 May 2005 to review measures adopted by Togo, Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Uganda and Bahrain to prevent and punish acts of torture. Representatives of the seven countries are expected to come before the Committee to defend national efforts to implement the rights enshrined in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.

During the three-week session, the Committee's 10 Independent Experts will consider, in closed session, information appearing to contain well-founded indications that torture is systematically being practiced in some States parties; and complaints from individuals claiming to be victims of a violation by a State party of the provisions of the...

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