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NHRIs and OPCAT
ICC meeting, March 2012
Association for the Prevention of Torture Association pour la prévention de la torture Asociación para la prevención de la tortura
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APT/OHCHR/ APF Guide
Presentation based on:
Preventing Torture:Operational guide for
NHRIs With an interactive
CDRom/DVD
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OPCAT status
62 States Parties 22 Signatories
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NHRIs and OPCAT
1. Advocacy for OPCAT ratification2. Participation in NPM designation
process3. NHRI as NPM4. Role on non-NPM Ombudsmen
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Designation processes
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NPM designation
Each State Party shall designate or establish one or several independent National Preventive Mechanisms for the prevention of Torture at the domestic level
Art. 17 OPCAT
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Role of NHRI in NPM designation process
• Open, inclusive and participatory process
• Mapping existing visiting mechanisms and their compliance with OPCAT
• NHRI can conduct an in-depth self-assessment of their compliance and capacity (Rabat Declaration)
• Participation in OPCAT Working Group or OPCAT Coalition
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NPM Designated39 NPM designated 28 NPM
operational
NPM Options10 New body20 NHRI5 “Ombudsman +”4 Multiple NPM
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NHRIs as NPM
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NHRIs as NPM - Options
• NHRIs in formal cooperation with civil society
• NHRIs as part of multiple bodies• NHRI as sole NPM
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NHRI in formal cooperation with civil society
Advantages- Use of existing expertise- Response to limited resources- Increased legitimacy
Challenges- Roles and responsibilities of civil
society - Privileges and immunities - Role of NGOs outside the NPM
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NHRI as part of multiple bodies
Advantages• Building upon existing expertise• Better coverage (regional and
thematic)Challenges• Coordination (when not visiting)• Coherence• Overlap and gaps
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NHRI as sole NPM
9th ICC Annual Conference - Nairobi Declaration
NHRIs as NPM “only if the necessary powers and resources are made available to them”
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NHRIs as NPM: Changes required
• Amendments to the legal basis (OPCAT compliance more than Paris Principles)
• Organizational restructuring (NPM unit)• Revision of working methods
(preventive approach)• Additional resources (human and
financial)
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NHRI as sole NPM - Advantages
• Established public profile (credibility and legitimacy)
• Possibly previous detention monitoring experience (even if only for complaints
• Benefit from infrastructure and expertise (Advocacy, Media, Legal departments)
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NHRI as NPM: Challenges
• Wide mandate and limited resources• Possible confusion between reactive
and preventive approaches• Functional and financial autonomy
within the NHRI • Staff composition (mainly lawyers)• Sustainability
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Role of NHRIs when not the NPM
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Role of non NPM NHRI
• Information sharing / cooperation with the NPM
• Monitoring the work of the NPM
• Sharing of information with SPT• Contact with the SPT during in-
country visits
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APT Website
APT OPCAT Databasewww.apt/opcat.ch