SPT visits

Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture (CAT-OP)

Country visited	Visit Dates	Report sent to the State party on/ Status	Replies received from the State party on/ Status	Additional documents
Mauritius	08 Oct 2007 - 18 Oct 2007	Report to the State party Confidential - 19 May 2008	Confidential - 19 Dec 2008		MUS	True		23
Maldives	10 Dec 2007 - 17 Dec 2007	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/MDV/1 09 Feb 2009			MDV	True	CAT/OP/MDV/1	23
Sweden	10 Mar 2008 - 14 Mar 2008	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/SWE/1 16 Jul 2008	Public CAT/OP/SWE/1/ADD.1 21 Jan 2009		SWE	True	CAT/OP/SWE/1	23
Benin	17 May 2008 - 26 May 2008	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/BEN/1 17 Jun 2009	Public CAT/OP/BEN/1/ADD.1 19 Jan 2011		BEN	True	CAT/OP/BEN/1	23
Mexico	27 Aug 2008 - 12 Sep 2008	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/MEX/1 02 Jun 2009	Public CAT/OP/MEX/1/ADD.1 04 Oct 2011 Public CAT/OP/MEX/1/ADD.2 29 Aug 2012		MEX	True	CAT/OP/MEX/1	23
Paraguay	10 Mar 2009 - 16 Mar 2009	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/PRY/1 24 Aug 2009	Public CAT/OP/PRY/1/ADD.1 08 Mar 2010		PRY	True	CAT/OP/PRY/1	23
Honduras	13 Sep 2009 - 22 Sep 2009	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/HND/1 07 Jan 2010			HND	True	CAT/OP/HND/1	23
Cambodia	02 Dec 2009 - 11 Dec 2009	Report to the State party Confidential - 06 Apr 2010			KHM	True		23
Lebanon	24 May 2010 - 02 Jun 2010	Report to the State party Confidential - 03 Sep 2010	Confidential - 16 Feb 2012	Confidential - 05 Sep 2012	LBN	True		23
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	30 Aug 2010 - 08 Sep 2010	Report to the State party Confidential - 26 Jan 2011	Confidential - 10 Jan 2012	Confidential - 24 Jan 2013	BOL	True		23
Paraguay (Follow-up)	13 Sep 2010 - 15 Sep 2010	Public CAT/OP/PRY/2 26 Nov 2010	Public CAT/OP/PRY/2/ADD.1 26 May 2011		PRY	True	CAT/OP/PRY/2	35
Liberia	06 Dec 2010 - 13 Dec 2010	Report to the State party Confidential - 17 Jun 2011			LBR	True		23
Ukraine	16 May 2011 - 25 May 2011	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/UKR/1 12 Oct 2011	Confidential - 17 May 2012	Confidential - 21 Jan 2013	UKR	True	CAT/OP/UKR/1	23
Brazil	19 Sep 2011 - 30 Sep 2011	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/BRA/1 08 Feb 2012	Public CAT/OP/BRA/1/Add.1 15 Oct 2012	Public CAT/OP/BRA/2 30 May 2013 Public CAT/OP/BRA/2/Add.1 28 Feb 2014	BRA	True	CAT/OP/BRA/1	23
Mali	05 Dec 2011 - 14 Dec 2011	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/MLI/1 03 Sep 2012			MLI	True	CAT/OP/MLI/1	23
Argentina	18 Apr 2012 - 27 Apr 2012	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/ARG/1 21 Dec 2012	Public CAT/OP/ARG/1/Add.1 11 Nov 2013		ARG	True	CAT/OP/ARG/1	23
Honduras (Focus on NPM)	30 Apr 2012 - 04 May 2012	Report to the State party Confidential - 17 Sep 2012 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/HND/3 17 Sep 2012			HND	True	CAT/OP/HND/3	70
Senegal (Focus on NPM)	10 Sep 2012 - 13 Sep 2012	Report to the State party Confidential - 06 May 2013 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/SEN/2 06 May 2013	Reply from the NPM Public CAT/OP/SEN/2/Add.1 22 Jan 2014		SEN	True	CAT/OP/SEN/2	70
Kyrgyzstan	19 Sep 2012 - 28 Sep 2012	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/KGZ/1 30 May 2013	Confidential - 04 Jul 2016		KGZ	True	CAT/OP/KGZ/1	23
Republic of Moldova (Focus on NPM)	01 Oct 2012 - 04 Oct 2012	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/MDA/1 10 Mar 2014 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/MDA/2 10 Jan 2013			MDA	True	CAT/OP/MDA/2	70
Germany (Focus on NPM)	08 Apr 2013 - 12 Apr 2013	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/DEU/1 29 Jul 2013 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/DEU/2 29 Jul 2013	Reply from the State party Public CAT/OP/DEU/1/Add.1 30 Jan 2014 Reply from the NPM Public CAT/OP/DEU/2/Add.1 27 Jan 2014	Response to the State party Confidential - Reply from the NPM - 07 Aug 2014	DEU	True	CAT/OP/DEU/2	70
New Zealand	29 Apr 2013 - 08 May 2013	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/NZL/1 05 Nov 2013	Public CAT/OP/NZL/1/Add.1 20 May 2014		NZL	True	CAT/OP/NZL/1	23
Armenia (Focus on NPM)	03 Sep 2013 - 06 Sep 2013	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/ARM/1 15 Nov 2013 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/ARM/2 15 Nov 2013	Reply from the State party Public CAT/OP/ARM/1/Add.1 11 Jun 2014 Reply from the NPM Public CAT/OP/ARM/2/Add.1 10 May 2014		ARM	True	CAT/OP/ARM/2	70
Peru	10 Sep 2013 - 20 Sep 2013	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/PER/1 24 Mar 2014	Public CAT/OP/PER/1/Add.1 12 Jul 2017		PER	True	CAT/OP/PER/1	23
Gabon	03 Dec 2013 - 12 Dec 2013	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/GAB/1 07 Apr 2014	Confidential - 19 May 2015		GAB	True	CAT/OP/GAB/1	23
Cambodia (Follow-up)	09 Dec 2013 - 13 Dec 2013	Confidential - 29 Apr 2014			KHM	True		35
Nigeria (Advisory)	01 Apr 2014 - 03 Apr 2014	Confidential - 09 Jul 2014			NGA	True		170
Nicaragua	07 May 2014 - 16 May 2014	Report to the State party Confidential - 26 Feb 2016		Confidential - 14 Jun 2016	NIC	True		23
Ecuador (Focus on NPM)	01 Sep 2014 - 04 Sep 2014	Report to the State party Confidential - 04 May 2015 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/ECU/2 17 Mar 2015			ECU	True	CAT/OP/ECU/2	70
Azerbaijan	08 Sep 2014 - 17 Sep 2014	-		SUSPENDED on 14 September 2014	AZE	False		23
Malta (Focus on NPM)	06 Oct 2014 - 09 Oct 2014	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/MLT/1 09 Mar 2015 Report to the NPM Confidential - 09 Mar 2015	Reply from the State party Confidential - 24 Aug 2015 Reply from the NPM Confidential - 21 Aug 2015		MLT	True		70
Togo	01 Dec 2014 - 10 Dec 2014	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/TGO/1 10 Dec 2015	Public CAT/OP/TGO/1/Add.1 12 Apr 2017		TGO	True	CAT/OP/TGO/1	23
Maldives (Follow-up)	08 Dec 2014 - 11 Dec 2014	Confidential - 25 Nov 2015			MDV	True		35
Azerbaijan	16 Apr 2015 - 24 Apr 2015	Report to the State party Confidential - 23 Feb 2016	Confidential - 09 Sep 2016		AZE	True		23
Nauru (Advisory)	04 May 2015 - 06 May 2015	Confidential - 11 Dec 2015			NRU	True		170
Guatemala	11 May 2015 - 20 May 2015	Report to the State party Confidential - 27 Jun 2016			GTM	True		23
Philippines	25 May 2015 - 03 Jun 2015	Report to the State party Confidential - 23 Feb 2016	Confidential - 01 Sep 2016		PHL	True		23
Netherlands (Focus on NPM)	28 Jul 2015 - 31 Jul 2015	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/NLD/1 16 Mar 2016 Report to the NPM Confidential - 16 Mar 2016	Reply from the State party Public CAT/OP/NLD/1/Add.1 23 Sep 2016		NLD	True		70
Italy	16 Sep 2015 - 22 Sep 2015	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/ITA/1 26 Feb 2016	Public CAT/OP/ITA/1/Add.1 01 Sep 2016		ITA	True	CAT/OP/ITA/1	23
Turkey (Focus on NPM)	06 Oct 2015 - 09 Oct 2015	Report to the State party Confidential - 14 Jul 2016 Report to the NPM Confidential - 14 Jul 2016			TUR	True		70
Brazil	19 Oct 2015 - 30 Oct 2015	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/BRA/3 24 Nov 2016			BRA	True	CAT/OP/BRA/3	23
Benin	11 Jan 2016 - 15 Jan 2016	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/BEN/3 26 Jul 2018			BEN	True	CAT/OP/BEN/3	23
Cyprus (Focus on NPM)	25 Jan 2016 - 29 Jan 2016	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/CYP/1 10 Feb 2017 Report to the NPM Confidential - 21 Apr 2017	Reply from the State party Public CAT/OP/CYP/1/Add.1		CYP	True		70
Chile	04 Apr 2016 - 13 Apr 2016	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/CHL/1 27 Jun 2016	Public CAT/OP/CHL/1/Add.1 27 Dec 2016		CHL	True	CAT/OP/CHL/1	23
Tunisia	11 Apr 2016 - 14 Apr 2016	Report to the State party Confidential - 13 Mar 2017 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/TUN/2 01 May 2017	Confidential - 01 Oct 2018		TUN	True		23
Romania	03 May 2016 - 12 May 2016	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/ROU/1 11 Aug 2017	Public CAT-OP-ROU-1-Add.1		ROU	True	CAT/OP/ROU/1	23
Ukraine	19 May 2016 - 26 May 2016	-		SUSPENDED on 25 May 2016	UKR	False		23
Mozambique	05 Sep 2016 - 09 Sep 2016	Report to the State party Confidential - 02 Jun 2017 Report to the NPM Confidential - 02 Jun 2017			MOZ	True		23
Ukraine	05 Sep 2016 - 09 Sep 2016	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/UKR/3 03 Feb 2017			UKR	True	CAT/OP/UKR/3	23
Kazakhstan	20 Sep 2016 - 29 Sep 2016	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/KAZ/1 01 Feb 2017	Public CAT.OP.KAZ.1.add2 16 Nov 2018 Public CAT/OP/KAZ/1/Add1 26 Dec 2017		KAZ	True	CAT/OP/KAZ/1	23
Mauritania	24 Oct 2016 - 28 Oct 2016	Report to the State party Confidential - 12 Feb 2018 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/MRT/2 12 Feb 2018			MRT	True		23
Mexico (Follow-up)	12 Dec 2016 - 21 Dec 2016	Public CAT-OP-MEX-2 15 Dec 2017	Public CAT-OP-MEX-2-add1 20 Jul 2018		MEX	True	CAT-OP-MEX-2	35
Niger (Advisory)	29 Jan 2017 - 04 Feb 2017	Confidential - 09 Aug 2017			NER	True		170
Hungary	21 Mar 2017 - 30 Apr 2017	Report to the State party Confidential - 08 Mar 2018 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/HUN/2 03 Apr 2018	Confidential - 05 Sep 2018	Reply from the NPM Public CAT_OP_HUN_2-add1 04 Jun 2018	HUN	True		23
The Republic of North Macedonia (Focus on NPM)	23 Apr 2017 - 29 Apr 2017	Report to the State party Confidential - 11 Jan 2018 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/MKD/2 11 Jan 2018			MKD	True	CAT/OP/MKD/2	70
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (Follow-up)	01 May 2017 - 12 May 2017	Public CAT/OP/BOL/3 12 Jul 2018		Public CAT/OP/BOL/3/Add.1 06 Jul 2018	BOL	True	CAT/OP/BOL/3	35
Panama	20 Aug 2017 - 26 Aug 2017	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/PAN/1 15 Dec 2017		Public CAT-OP-PAN-1-add1 20 Jul 2018	PAN	True	CAT/OP/PAN/1	23
Mongolia	11 Sep 2017 - 20 Sep 2017	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/MNG/1 09 Mar 2018		Confidential - 22 Nov 2018	MNG	True	CAT/OP/MNG/1	23
Spain (Focus on NPM)	15 Oct 2017 - 26 Oct 2017	Report to the State party Confidential - 15 Mar 2018 Report to the NPM Public CAT/OP/ESP/2 15 Mar 2018	Reply from the NPM Public CAT/OP/ESP/2/add1 27 Jul 2018		ESP	True	CAT/OP/ESP/2	70
Rwanda	15 Oct 2017 - 21 Oct 2017	-		SUSPENDED on 19 October 2017 TERMINATED on 22 June 2018	RWA	False		23
Morocco (Advisory)	22 Oct 2017 - 28 Oct 2017	-			MAR	False		170
Burkina Faso	03 Dec 2017 - 09 Dec 2017	-			BFA	False		23
Uruguay	04 Mar 2018 - 15 Mar 2018	Report to the State party Public CAT/OP/URY/1 Report to the NPM Confidential -	Public CAT-OP-URY-1-add1 04 Jan 2019		URY	True	CAT/OP/URY/1	23
Belize	22 Apr 2018 - 28 Apr 2018	-			BLZ	False		23
Portugal	01 May 2018 - 10 May 2018	Report to the State party Confidential - 08 Nov 2018 Report to the NPM Confidential - 08 Nov 2018			PRT	True		23
Poland	08 Jul 2018 - 19 Jul 2018	-			POL	False		23
Kyrgyzstan	11 Sep 2018 - 22 Sep 2018	-			KGZ	False		23
Liberia	29 Oct 2018 - 02 Nov 2018	-			LBR	False		23
Switzerland	27 Jan 2019 - 07 Feb 2019	View document			CHE	False	INT/CAT-OP/RCV/CHE/8812	23
Costa Rica	03 Mar 2019 - 14 Mar 2019	View document			CRI	False	INT/CAT-OP/RCV/CRI/8811	23

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Mauritius

Maldives

Sweden

Benin

Mexico

Paraguay

Honduras

Cambodia

Lebanon

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Paraguay

Liberia

Ukraine

Brazil

Mali

Argentina

Honduras

Senegal

Kyrgyzstan

Republic of Moldova

Germany

New Zealand

Armenia

Peru

Gabon

Cambodia

Nigeria

Nicaragua

Ecuador

Azerbaijan

Malta

Togo

Maldives

Azerbaijan

Nauru

Guatemala

Philippines

Netherlands

Italy

Turkey

Brazil

Benin

Cyprus

Chile

Tunisia

Romania

Ukraine

Mozambique

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Mauritania

Mexico

Niger

Hungary

The Republic of North Macedonia

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Panama

Mongolia

Spain

Rwanda

Morocco

Burkina Faso

Uruguay

Belize

Portugal

Poland

Kyrgyzstan

Liberia

Switzerland

Costa Rica