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Uruguay - OPCAT Situation

Updated 23.05.2013

Uruguay ratified the OPCAT in 2005 and took the opportunity of establishing a new National Human Rights Institution to include the NPM mandate within its new functions.

Although the legislation entered into force in 2009, it is only in 2012 that its members were appointed. The Institution started its general work and is carrying out internal discussions on how to implement its mandate under the OPCAT.

The SPT member Enrique Andrés Font is the SPT Focal Point for Uruguay.
 

Opcat status
OPCAT Ratification December 8, 2005
UNCAT Ratification October 24, 1986
SPT Member Mr Wilder Souto Tayler (2007-2014)
NPM Designated

National Human Rights Institution (Institución Nacional de Derechos Humanos)

NPM Type

National Human Rights Institution

NPM Legal Framework

National Human Rights Institution Law (27 January 2009), only available in Spanish.

Information
Population 3 510 386
Area (sq km) 176 215
Number of prisons 28
Prison population 8 749
Quick links

Communication to the SPT: Official Correspondence from Uruguay (November 2008)

UPR: Report of the Working Group (June 2009)

SRT: Report (March 2009) and follow-up visit (December 2012): Press Release