KHRP's brieing to the UN Committee Against Torture in preparation for it's review of Turkey’s 3^rd periodic report on its implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), which took place as part of the 45^th session of the Committee  in Geneva, Switzerland rom the 1-19^th November 2010.

This report explains in detail the concerns regarding the continuous violations of the Convention in Turkey and highlights Turkey’s failure to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) which would allow the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment the right to visit all places of detention in Turkey and examine the treatment of people held there.