Legislative guides
CTI’s anti-torture legislation guides and other publications help States review and strengthen their legal frameworks in support of domestic torture prevention.
CTI partnered with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) to produce this guide to assist lawmakers in drafting anti-torture legislation and revising existing domestic laws. It is also helpful for other actors such as national human rights institutions, national preventive mechanisms, actors from civil society or international and regional organisations advocating for or supporting the adoption of an anti-torture legal framework at the national level.
The guide is structured to explain the primary (compulsory), recommended and optional elements requiring domestic legislation.
The guide is available in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Complementing the APT-CTI Guide on anti-torture legislation, CTI developed this legal checklist to assist States in their efforts to review and amend national laws for compliance with UNCAT, by identifying existing UNCAT-compliant provisions, as well as areas where amendments might be needed.
The checklist is available in English here.
This publication on legislative practices and trends in anti-torture legal frameworks in Latin America and the Caribbean captures the experiences of both civil and common law systems, and covers 17 Latin American and 14 Caribbean countries. It provides States in the region and beyond, and other relevant stakeholders, with valuable examples of existing legislation, and identifies gaps where further progress could be advanced.
Contact our experts
CTI’s expert team responds confidentially to governments and national institutions, offering one-to-one technical support on a wide range of issues relevant to the implementation of UNCAT – such as police and law enforcement, legislative review and reform, policy drafting, prison reform, complaints, investigations and prosecutions, and redress for victims. We have advised many governments and supported them in taking action on torture prevention, eradication and redress.
Contact us at info@cti.international.