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Chart of Outcomes of CAT Complaints and How to Update

Chart of Outcomes, August 15, 2015 (last updated January 30, 2017)

How to Update from UN site: see https://www.ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodies/cat/individual-communications

State Entry into force Living cases Inadm. Discont. Views (1)/(2) Total
Algeria 12/10/1989 3 - - 1/0 4
Andorra 22/11/2006* - - - - -
Argentina 26/6/1987 1 3 - - 4
Australia 29/1/1993 8 1 12 1/9 31
Austria 28/8/1987 - 1 - 1/1 3
Azerbaijan 4/2/2002 - 1 - 1/0 2
Belgium 25/7/1999 - - - - -
Bolivia 14/2/2006 - - - - -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4/6/2003 - - - - -
Brazil 26/6/2006 - - - - -
Bulgaria 12/5/1993* - - - 1/0 1
Burundi 10/6/2003 - - - - -
Cameroon 12/10/2000 - - - - -
Canada 13/11/1989* 15 15 31 7/14 82
Chile 15/3/2004 - - - - -
Costa Rica 27/2/2002 - - - - -
Croatia 8/10/1991 - - - - -
Cyprus 8/4/1993 - - - - -
Czech Republic 3/9/1996 - - - - -
Denmark 26/6/1987 8 2 4 1/5 20
Ecuador 6/9/1988* - - 1 - 1
Finland 29/9/1989 5 - 2 0/1 8
France 23/6/1988* - 6 20 3/3 32
Georgia 30/06/05 - - - - -
Germany 19/10/2001 1 - - 0/1 2
Ghana 7/10/2000 - - - - -
Greece 5/11/1988 - - - 0/1 1
Guatemala 25/9/2003 - - - - -
Hungary 13/9/1989* - 1 - - 1
Iceland 22/11/1996 - - - - -
Ireland 11/4/2002 - - - - -
Italy 10/10/1989* - - - - -
Kazakhstan 21/02/2008 4 - - 2/0 6
Liechtenstein 2/12/1990 - - - - -
Luxembourg 29/10/1987 - - - - -
Malta 13/10/1990 - - - - -
Mexico 15/3/2002 1 - - - 1
Moldova (Republic of) 02/09/2011 - - - - -
Monaco 6/1/1992 1 - - - 1
Montenegro (Rep. of)** 3/6/2006 - - - - -
Morocco 19/10/06 3 - - 2/0 5
Netherlands 20/1/1989 - 1 1 1/11 14
New Zealand 9/1/1990 - - - - -
Norway 26/6/1987 1 3 - 1/1 6
Paraguay 29/5/2002 - - - - -
Peru 17/10/2002 - - - - -
Poland 12/5/1993* - - - - -
Portugal 11/3/1989 - - - - -
Republic of Korea 09/11/2007 - - - - -
Russian Federation 1/10/1991 - - 1 - 1
Senegal 16/10/1996 - - - 1/0 1
Serbia (Republic of)** 27/4/1992* 1 - - 7/0 8
Seychelles 6/8/2001 - - - - -
Slovakia 17/3/1995 - - - - -
Slovenia 16/7/1993 - - - - -
South Africa 9/1/1999* - - - - -
Spain 20/11/1987* 1 6 - 4/1 12
Sweden 26/6/1987 10 13 30 20/38 111
Switzerland 26/6/1987 38 8 35 10/44 135
Togo 18/12/1987 - - - - -
Tunisia 23/10/1988 - 1 1 6/0 8
Turkey 2/9/1988* - 1 - - 1
Ukraine 12/9/2003 1 - - 1/0 2
Uruguay 27/7/1988* - - - - -
Venezuela 26/4/1994 1 - - 1/0 2
65 103 63 138 72/130 506

 

462 registered communications with respect to 29 countries.

(1) Disclose a Violation

(2) Disclose No Violation

 

*  Dates are based on Article 27, paragraph 1, of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which states that the date of entry into force is 30 days after date of ratification.

** Formerly Yugoslavia.  The Republic of Serbia succeeded the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro after the Declaration of Independence of Montenegro on 3 June 2006.

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