Cape Verde - OPCAT Situation
OPCAT Status
OPCAT signature date
OPCAT ratification date
UNCAT ratification Date
NPM Type
National Human Rights Commission
NPM Designated
National Human Rights Commission
Cape Verde signed the OPCAT on 26 September 2011 and stated its intention to ratify during the examination of its report by the Universal Periodic Review of the Human Rights Council in 2013. Cape Verde deposited the instrument of ratification with the United Nations on the 1st of April 2016.
The National Human Rights Commission was designated as National Preventive Mechanism on 28 September 2018.
The SPT member who is the SPT Focal Point for Cape Verde is available here.