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The majority of American States (with the exception of some Caribbean States) has committed to prevent and combat torture by joining both the UN and the Inter-American Conventions against torture.
However, respect for the personal integrity of persons deprived of their liberty remains one of the main challenges in the region. A number of structural practices gravely affect detainees’ rights on a daily basis, including the use of torture and ill-treatment, overcrowding and overpopulation, deficient infrastructures of detention facilities, inadequate medical attention and educational services, high incidence of prison violence and lack of control by the authorities, excessive use of preventive detention, and corruption in prison management.
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States have designated their National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM)
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News on Prevention
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Mexico should abolish preventive detention
6 May 2013
Colombia says no to the OPCAT
1 May 2013
Resources
14
States Parties
1
Additional States signatories
10
States have designated their National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM)
20
Country Files
News on Prevention
MoreMexico should abolish preventive detention
6 May 2013
Colombia says no to the OPCAT
1 May 2013
