{"id":213792,"date":"2000-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=213792"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:40:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T20:40:53","slug":"auto-insert-213792","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-213792\/","title":{"rendered":"Torture Convention &#8211; Cttee Against Torture deliberations &#8211; Press release (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>Considered Reports of Armenia,<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong><u>Belarus, Australia, Canada, Cameroon and Guatemala<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">(Reissued as received)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>GENEVA, 24 November (UN Information Service) &#8211;- The Committee against Torture concluded its twenty-fifth session this morning following a two-week series of meetings at the Palais Wilson in Geneva during which it considered reports submitted by Armenia, Belarus, Australia, Canada, Cameroon and Guatemala.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; font-size:smaller\">\t<\/span>There was a brief discussion by the panel of the situation in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel in light of article 16 of the Convention.&nbsp;&nbsp;And the Committee further pursued efforts to establish a pre-sessional working group, beginning in 2002, to review individual complaints over the week preceding each Committee session.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span class=\"Apple-tab-span\" style=\"white-space:pre; 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