When: Friday, 11. November 2011
To: Monday, 14. November 2011
Where: Geneva, Palais Wilson
Host: United Nations Committee against Torture
Contact: Florian Irminger (Florian.Irminger@humanrightshouse.org / +4122 33 22 554)
More info: www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/cats47.htm
The UN Committee against Torture will consider the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in the Republic of Belarus.
Various NGOs have submitted their reports, including a group of Belarusian independent human rights NGOs supported by the Belarusian Human Rights House in exile and the Human Rights House Foundation (HRHF):
- Committee Solidarity;
- Legal Initiative;
- Belarusian Helsinki Committee;
- Legal Transformation Centre;
- Platform;
- Human Rights Centre Viasna.
HRHF will provide live webcasting on the Human Rights House Network‘s website of the review of Belarus at the Committee on 11 November (10h-13h) and on 14 November (15h-18h).
Documents:
- Report to CAT submited by the NGO coalition: in English and in Russian
- Press release on 31 October 2011 on the webcasting of the session, with Amnesty International, Alkarama, International Rehabilitation Council of Torture Victims, and World Organisation Against Torture
- Report to CAT submited by International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- Report to CAT submited by Human Rights Watch (HRW)
