The Americas Programme works in partnership with a variety of national and regional actors to jointly pursue actions aimed at preventing torture and improving conditions of detention in the American continent.
Detention Monitoring for Local Authorities of Brazil
Advocating for the Adoption of NPM laws in Argentina
Collaboration between the UN and the Inter-American Human Rights Systems
Brazil approves the first state law to create a local preventive mechanism under the OPCAT
Argentina: The Role of Health Professionals in Places of Detention
Promoting OPCAT Ratification in El Salvador
The Optional Protocol in Brazil
Support for Mexico's Prevention Body
Chile: The designation of a National Preventive Mechanism
Central America: Promoting OPCAT Ratification and Implementation
Supporting the Costa Rican National Preventive Mechanism
USA: International Conference on the Prevention of Torture
Proceedings of Central America OPCAT Seminar Available (in Spanish)
Civil Society and OPCAT Implementation in Brazil
Effective OPCAT Implementation in Paraguay
Uruguay and the Implementation of the Optional Protocol
Promoting the OPCAT in Nicaragua
The Americas human rights system makes strides on torture prevention
APT and UN Subcommittee members in Bolivia
NPM Advisory Mission to Peru
Third sub-regional Training Course on Visits to Prisons for Public Defenders of Argentina
First South America OPCAT implementation seminar
Colloquium on the National Preventive Mechanism in Paraguay
The Prevention of Torture in Practice: Seminar and consultation on the implementation in Brazil of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture
Detention Monitoring Workshop for Mexican NGOs
Experts meetings on National Preventive Mechanisms in Mexico
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