A set of tools to assist national governments and civil society with the process of establishing or designating NPMs under the OPCAT.
APT Guide to Establishment and Designation of National Preventive Mechanisms under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture - Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia (extract), English, French, Macedonian, Nepali, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish & Turkish (2006-2009)
Civil Society and National Preventive Mechanisms (Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish & Turkish)
National Human Rights Commissions and Ombudspersons' Offices / Ombudsmen as National Preventive Mechanisms (Arabic, English, French, Georgian, Spanish & Turkish - 2008 / 2009)
Visiting places of detention at the national level: Recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture in light of the OPCAT (English, Polish & Turkish)
A 2005 Position Paper on NPMs available in German and Portuguese.
Current information on the status of NPM implementation in each OPCAT signatory. Includes regional tables plus detailed background and NPM information on each country.
(Formerly Country-by-Country Status Report)
A shortened version of the comprehensive checklist (15 criteria), appropriate at preliminary stages of NPM assessment processes
