The APT Africa Programme works to contribute to the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments or punishments in Africa. Therefore, it promotes the national implementation of regional and international instruments prohibiting torture. Furthermore the Programme strengthens the capacities of national actors to be more effective agents of prevention. The Programme also advocates for the establishment and implementation of national preventive measures and mechanisms. To this end it continually operates with a broad variety of non-governmental, inter-governmental and governmental partnerships to achieve its objectives in a sustained manner.

Core Activities

• Training on monitoring of places of detention
• Development of national preventive measures
• Training of law enforcement officials
• Promotion of control / oversight mechanisms at regional and national level