Welcome to the United Nations 
OHCHR 
Committee against Torture
The Committee against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its States parties.
The Committee against Torture works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this crime.
States parties reporting
All States parties must report on the measures they have adopted relating to the rights described in the Convention, and on the progress the State has made in upholding them.
Reporting guidelines
Calendar of country reviews & documentation deadlines
Country-specific information overview
View the database of progress reports by one or more of these criteria.
Contact information
Committee against Torture (CAT)
Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division (CTMD)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Palais Wilson - 52, rue des Pâquis
CH-1201 Geneva (Switzerland)
Mailing address
UNOG-OHCHR
8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 22 917 90 00
Fax: +41 22 917 90 08
Email: ohchr-cat@un.org
Twitter: @UNTreatyBodies
For individual complaints
Petitions and Inquiries Section
Committee Against Torture
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Office at Geneva
8-14 Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneve 10, Switzerland
Email: ohchr-petitions@un.org
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Status of ratifications
To date, 173 States have ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Ratification of the Convention Against Torture including all declarations and reservations
General comments
CAT/C/GC/4: General comment No. 4 (2017) on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention in the context of article 22
CAT/C/GC/3: General comment No. 3 (2012) on the implementation of article 14 by States parties
CAT/C/GC/2: General comment No. 2 (2007) on the implementation of article 2 by States parties