Everyone should be safe in custody.
To help make this happen, together with our partners, we will work to prevent forced confession and incommunicado detention in Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
We will develop national and regional initiatives, and promote synergies across the three countries, to prevent risky police practices in the first hours of custody.
The #SafeInCustody project will run through to 2024.
Guidance for OPCAT States parties on SPT membership
This guidance note aims to provide key advice to States parties to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) on the process leading to the designation of candidates to membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT). Elections to the SPT take place every two-years, when between 12 and 13 seats are up for election. This guidance was elaborated based on APT’s experience in working with the SPT and National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) over the past decade, and draws on good practices implemented by States around the world.
Letting in the Light - 30 years of torture prevention
This publication highlights 10 landmarks and 30 key actors involved in the prevention of torture and the work of the APT over the past three decades.
