FIACAT, with all ACAT members of its network, is committed to the abolition of torture and the death penalty.

Understanding these phenomena is a prerequisite for this fight.

You will find in this chapter :
 a timeline with the important dates for human rights and a list of the principal international days ;
 some maps showing a global view on the situation on torture, death penalty and enforced disappearances in the world ;
 a table of ratification by country where an ACAT exists ;
 an explanation and definition of the death penalty, the torture and the enforced disappearances ;
 a presentation of the principal international organizations on human rights with which FIACAT works ;