How To Complain About Human Rights Treaty Violations

Chart of Outcomes of CAT Complaints and How to Update



updated 25 February 2008


for further updates see:http://www.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/stat3.htm

State

Entry into force

Living cases

Inadm.

Discont.

Views

(1)/(2)

Total

Algeria

12/10/1989

- 

- 

- 

- 

   - 

Andorra

22/11/2006*

-

-

-

-

-

Argentina

26/6/1987

- 

3 

- 

- 

3

Australia

29/1/1993

3

1

10

1/7

22

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 

- 

- 

- 

1 

Burundi

10/6/2003

-

-

-

-

-

Cameroon

12/10/2000

-

-

-

-

-

Canada

13/11/1989*

12

13

18

4/10

57

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

- 

2 

2

0/5 

9

Ecuador

6/9/1988*

- 

- 

1

- 

1

Finland

29/9/1989

1 

- 

- 

0/1 

2 

France

23/6/1988*

1

6

20

3/2

32

Georgia

30/06/05

-

-

-

-

-

Germany

19/10/2001

-

-

-

0/1

1

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

-

-

-

-

-

Liechtenstein

2/12/1990

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Luxembourg

29/10/1987

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Malta

13/10/1990

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

Mexico

15/3/2002

-

-

-

-

-

Monaco

6/1/1992

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Montenegro (Republic of)**

3/6/2006

-

-

-

-

-

Morocco

19/10/06

1

-

-

-

1

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*

2

- 

- 

6/0 

8

Seychelles

6/8/2001

-

-

-

-

-

Slovakia

17/3/1995

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Slovenia

16/7/1993

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

South Africa

9/1/1999*

-

-

-

-

-

Spain

20/11/1987*

1

5

- 

2/1 

9

Sweden

26/6/1987

14

12

16

12/31

85

Switzerland

26/6/1987

8

7

13

5/28

61

Togo

18/12/1987

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Tunisia

23/10/1988

1

1 

1

5/0 

8

Turkey

2/9/1988*

- 

1 

- 

- 

1 

Ukraine

12/9/2003

-

-

-

-

-

Uruguay

27/7/1988*

- 

-

- 

- 

- 

Venezuela

26/4/1994

-

- 

- 

1/0

1

64

 

46

58

83

45/100

332

332 registered communications with respect to 25 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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