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Timor-Leste - OPCAT Situation

Updated 11.10.2012

Timor-Leste has been a State Signatory to the OPCAT since 2005. Although the option of ratifying the OPCAT has been referred to the Council of Ministers for approval in 2007, no concrete steps have been taken in this direction. 

Opcat status
OPCAT Signature September 16, 2005
UNCAT Ratification April 16, 2003
Information
Population 800 000
Area (sq km) 15 000
Number of prisons 2
Prison population 223
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Core document part of the reports of States Parties (July 2007)