United Arab Emirates
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Our concerns
- Repression of freedom of opinion and expression and reprisals against human rights defenders and peaceful dissidents;
- Continued and systematic practice of torture to extract confessions during investigations and as a form of punishment;
- Exportation of the systematic practice of enforced disappearance and torture to UAE-controlled theatres of operation in Yemen.
Human Rights Instruments
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
ICCPR Ratified ?
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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (UNCAT)
UNCAT Ratified ?
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UNCAT Ratification Date
OPCAT (National Preventive Mechanism) Ratified ?
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National Preventive Mechanism (OPCAT) created ?
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OVERDUE - State party did not submit report on time
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED)
ICPPED Ratified ?
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Human Rights Council
Date last Universal Period Review (UPR)
Membership of Human Rights Council:
Term expires in 2018
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