IRCT [to 25 October 2014]

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Finnish ratification of OPCAT welcomed
23 October 2014
The IRCT welcomes the Finnish government’s ratification of the UN’s Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT).
The treaty was ratified on 8 October 2014 and will come into force on 7 November 2014.
The Protocol aims to strengthen the protection of persons deprived of their liberty against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as to emphasise the duty of States to prevent torture.

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Sub-Saharan African IRCT members discuss regional strategy in Rwanda
Twenty IRCT members from the Sub-Saharan Africa region are meeting in the Rwandan capital Kigali for their annual regional meeting from 21-24 October.
Alongside representatives from the 20 member centres, attendees include representatives from local, regional and global non-governmental organisations and human rights groups.
The four-day event, held at the Hotel Lemigo in Kigali, is a forum to discuss subjects related to the prevention of torture and rehabilitation of torture victims in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Topics include migration, sexual violence, detention and the current obstacles to torture rehabilitation….