Status
UNCAT ratification date
September 28, 1989
OPCAT ratification date
January 12, 2007
NPM designated
National System to Prevent and Combat Torture
NPM Type
National Preventive System in Federal State
NPM Legal Framework
Law N° 12.847 (2 August 2013) - Portuguese version
Implementing Decree N° 8.154 (16 December 2013) - Portuguese version
Law N° 12.857 creating the NPM members' positions (2 September 2013) - Portuguese version
2022 Supreme Court ruling declaring unconstitutional Decree that dismantled the NPM (ADPF 607).
LPM Framework
Rio de Janeiro
- LPM Legal Framework: Law n. 5778/2010 (30 June 2010)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: Mechanism to Combat and Prevent Torture
Paraíba
- LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 9413 (July 2011
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture
Pernambuco
- LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 14.863 (December 2012)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture
Rondonia
- LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 3.262 (5 December 2013); Law nº 3.752 (30 December 2015); Law nº 3.784 (5 April 2016)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture
Acre
- LPM Legal Framework: Law 3.986 (01 November 2022)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture
Alagoas
- LPM Legal Framework: Law n°7.141/2009 (December 2009)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: -
Espirito Santo
- LPM Legal Framework: Law nº10.006 (April 2013)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture
Minas Gerais
- LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 21.164 (17 January 2014)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: -
Maranhão
- LPM Legal Framework: Law nº 10.334 (October 2015)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: -
Sergipe
- LPM Legal Framework: Law 8.135 (13 July 2016)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: State Mechanism to Prevent and Combat Torture
Amapá
- LPM Legal Framework: Law 2.226 (20 September 2017)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: -
Pará
- LPM Legal Framework: Law 9.647 (29 June 2022)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: -
Piauí
- LPM Legal Framework: Law 8.198 (31 October 2023)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: -
Ceará
- LPM Legal Framework: Law 18.660 (27 December 2023)
- LPM Type: New Specialised Institution
- Designated NPM: -