Report of the Committee against Torture, 39th session (5-23 November 2007), 40th session (28 April-16 May 2008)

UN International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture (26 June)

vi, 317 p.

Annexes (p. 165-317): 1. States that have signed, ratified or acceded to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as at 16 May 2008 -- 2. States parties that have declared, at the time of ratification or accession, that they do not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for by article 20 of the Convention, as at 16 May 2008 -- 3. States parties that have made the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, as at 16 May 2008 -- 4. Membership of the Committee against Torture in 2008 -- 5. Membership of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2008 -- 6. General comment No. 2 -- 7. First annual report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment -- 8. Joint statement on the occasion of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture -- 9. Overdue reports -- 10. Country rapporteurs and alternate rapporteurs for the reports of States parties considered by the Committee at its 39th and 40th sessions (in order of examination) -- 11. Decisions of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention.