BRAZIL

CAT

DECLARATION RE: ARTICLE 22

(Unless otherwise indicated, the declarations were made upon ratification, accession or succession)

26 June 2006

"...the Federative Republic of Brazil recognizes the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider denunciations of violations of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted in New York on December 10, 1984, as permitted by Article 22 of the Convention."