FIACAT

FIACAT is an international Non-Governmental Organisation for the defence of human rights which fights for the abolition of torture and of the death penalty

[Open Letter] to MEPs concerning the Directive on reception of asylum seekers
May 2013
“More humane conditions for the reception of asylum seekers. No to the possibility of systematic detention!” Dear Member, The draft recast of the European directive laying down (...)

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Provisional Programme - 5th World Congress Against the Death Penalty
May 2013
After Strasburg in 2001, Montreal in 2004, Paris in 2007, and Geneva in 2010, the 5th World Congress will be held in Madrid from 12 to 15 mai 2013. OFFICIAL CEREMONIES AND FINAL MARCH Official (...)

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United Kingdom and the Netherlands reviewed by the Committee against torture
May 2013
The 50th session of the UN Committee against torture will take place in Geneva from 6 May to 31 May 2012. FIACAT will represent both ACAT concerned during this session and transmit their (...)

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[Press release] 25th anniversary of the UN Committee against Torture
May 2013
Geneva, 7 May 2013. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Committee against Torture, the guardian of one of the most widely accepted international human rights conventions. In a campaign for (...)

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UPR : Burkina Faso, Germany, Canada and Cameroon reviewed.
April 2013
16th session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review to be held from 22th April to 3rd May 2013 Fourteen States will have their human rights records examined during the (...)

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