{"id":15428,"date":"2019-09-17T13:28:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/an-overview-of-torture-prevention-systems-in-russia-lithuania-sweden-and-norway\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T17:07:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:07:39","slug":"an-overview-of-torture-prevention-systems-in-russia-lithuania-sweden-and-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/an-overview-of-torture-prevention-systems-in-russia-lithuania-sweden-and-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"An Overview of Torture Prevention Systems in Russia, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) has established the obligation of the state parties to create visiting bodies for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, i.e. the National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs). Most of the Baltic and Nordic countries have ratified this protocol, with the exception of Latvia and Russia. The human rights situation in one country affects the whole region, as countries have common borders, people have the freedom of movement, and cross-border activities thrive in general. Therefore, the prevention and final eradication of torture is a shared responsibility. Violence is a threat to stability and sustainable development of all states.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, four non-governmental human rights organisations (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citwatch.org\/en\/\">Citizens&#8217; Watch<\/a> (Russia) <a href=\"http:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/\">Human Rights Monitoring Institute<\/a> (Lithuania), <a href=\"https:\/\/crd.org\/\">Civil Rights Defenders<\/a> (Sweden) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.no\/en\/frontpage\/\">Norwegian Helsinki Committee<\/a>) joined their efforts to work on a project &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/prevention-of-torture-practices-standards-and-regulations-in-russia-nordic-and-baltic-countries\/\">Prevention of Torture: Practices, Standards and Regulations in Russia, Nordic and Baltic Countries.<\/a>&#8221; The project aims to make the system of torture prevention in the region more effective by uniting stakeholders, sharing best practices and learning from experts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2019-09-14-Overview-of-Torture-Prevention-Systems-brochure-A5.pdf\">This report<\/a> is an overview of the independent mechanisms for the prevention of torture in Russia, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway. Lithuania, Sweden and Norway have similar systems of the prevention of torture as they have all ratified the OPCAT and established NPMs. Russia has not signed the OPCAT and thus has not created NPMs. However, Russia established Public Oversight Commissions (POCs) in 2008, which have similar purposes and functions as NPMs and, at first glance, seem to be equivalent bodies to NPMs. Therefore, POCs will be analysed according to the same criteria as NPMs in this report.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/norden.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5327 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/norden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/norden.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/norden-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/norden-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This publication was developed within the framework of the project &#8220;Prevention of Torture: <\/em><em>Practices, Standards and Regulations in Russia, Nordic and Baltic Countries,&#8221; funded by the <\/em><em>Nordic Council of Ministers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) has established the obligation of the state parties to create visiting bodies for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, i.e. the National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs). Most of the Baltic and Nordic countries have ratified this protocol, with the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/an-overview-of-torture-prevention-systems-in-russia-lithuania-sweden-and-norway\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An Overview of Torture Prevention Systems in Russia, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[127,128,113],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>An Overview of Torture Prevention Systems in Russia, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway - \u017dmogaus teisi\u0173 steb\u0117jimo institutas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hrmi.lt\/en\/an-overview-of-torture-prevention-systems-in-russia-lithuania-sweden-and-norway\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An Overview of Torture Prevention Systems in Russia, Lithuania, Sweden and Norway - \u017dmogaus teisi\u0173 steb\u0117jimo institutas\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) has established the obligation of the state parties to create visiting bodies for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, i.e. the National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs). 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