CAT status Status under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment State Party since 08 August, 1989. State Party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention (OPCAT) since 21 December, 2017.

Last Reviewed 2022

Australia

Name: The World Organisation Against Torture
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