CAT
Committee Against Totrture -Protocolo de Crisis
President: Mariana Mendez Crúz
Chair:
Topic A) Measures to eradicate the degrading and generational torture of genital mutilation of females in the Middle East and Africa
Topic B) Strategies to halt mass repression, forced disappearance, and torture in the criminal procedure of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Background and faculties
Founded on January 1st, 1987, intending to fulfill the 17th article of the 1984 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment that stated the creation on a body attached to human rights conventions. The Committee Against Torture (CAT) plays a crucial role in monitoring and ensuring the compromise of the state parties who rectified the convention into taking measures to prevent and fight acts of torture within their jurisdictions. Composed by a body of 10 independent experts who are tasked with the responsibility of reviewing periodic reports submitted by the member states and providing observations and recommendations, as well as receiving individual complaints about violations of the Convention. CAT actively intervenes to combat torture and ill-treatment worldwide, promoting accountability, transparency, and the universal respect for the dignity and fundamental rights of all individuals.
Meaning to preserve the integrity of the human kind taking action against any sort of degrading cruelty and torture; the Committe Against Torture is capable of:
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Launching confidential investigations upon receiving credible evidence, suggesting that a State Party is systematically engaging in acts of torture;
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Providing technical support to the Member States for the development or reinforcement of their protocols to prevent and combat torture and other forms of violence;
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Soliciting the State Parties to take immediate action to avert mistreat or irreversible damage to the complaint while any case given to the committee is being explored;
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Guiding any rectified member in the cooperation with international and internal bodies intending to promote the application of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
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Investigating inside allegations of systematic torture through on-site visits, with the member State’s consent;
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Requesting reports on the implementation of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment when any sing of defiance is detected;
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Asking the Parties to inform and instruct civil or military, medical personnel, public officials, and law enforcement who may be involved in the custody, interrogation, or treatment of any individual who has been arrested, detained, or imprisoned.