COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE HOLDS SIXTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 24 JULY TO 11 AUGUST 2017
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Committee to Review Reports of Paraguay, Ireland and Panama, and Situation in Antigua and Barbuda in the absence of a report 20 July 2017 The Committee against Torture will meet at the Palais Wilson in Geneva from 24 July to 11 August to examine measures adopted by Antigua and Barbuda, Paraguay, Ireland and Panama to prevent and punish acts of torture. Representatives of those countries will discuss with the Committee national efforts to implement the rights enshrined in the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The consideration of the country situation of Antigua and Barbuda in the absence of a report as well as of three country reports...