Briefing Note

This is a Briefing Note on the importance of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) to the Philippines and set out several reasons why the government should proceed to sign and ratify this international instrument. It was repared by APT (Association for the Prevention of Torture, Switzerland), RCT (Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims, (Denmark) and UATC in 2006. PDF file (147KB) for download

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