(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 14 April 2016 The Committee against Torture will meet at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 18 April until 13 May to examine measures adopted by France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Philippines and Israel to prevent and punish acts of torture. Representatives of those countries will come before the Committee to discuss national efforts to implement the rights enshrined in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The fifty-seventh session of the Committee against Torture will open at 10 a.m. on Monday, 18 April at the Palais Wilson with an address by the High Commissioner for Human Rights or...
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