28 August 2009

Yemen: Committee against Torture to examine Yemen in November 2009

During the 43rd session of the Committee against Torture (CAT), to meet in Geneva from 2 to 20 November 2009, Yemen's second periodic report will be reviewed. This report was submitted to the Committee on 13 July 2007. The CAT has submitted questions to the Yemeni government requesting answers in a plenary session.

In conjunction with the examination process, Alkarama intends to submit a report to the Committee against Torture on Yemen.

Available for download in PDF format:

The periodic report on Yemen

List of questions from the Committee against Torture submitted to Yemeni Government

Source: UN

Morocco - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Ratified on 03.05.1979
Optional Protocol: No

Last State report: Overdue since 07.07.2015
Last concluding observations: 01.12.2004

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Ratified on 21.06.1993
Optional Protocol: Accessed on 24.11.2014
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): Yes

Last State report: 30.06.2013
Last concluding observations: 21.12.2011

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

CED: Ratified on 14.05.2013
Art. 33 (Inquiry procedure): Yes

State report: Overdue since 14.06.2015
Last concluding observations: N/A

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2012 (2nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) – Status A

Last review: 10.2010
Next review: 11.2015