FIACAT monitors proper respect of the implementation of international legal standards on the prevention of, and fight against, torture and other ill treatment by playing an active role in international organisations.

FIACAT represents the ACATs on the international and regional level. FIACAT has consultative status before the United Nations (UN) and International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), participative status at the Council of Europe and observer status before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).