Tajikistan: Joint NGO submission under the Committee against Torture’s follow-up procedure March 2020

In paragraph 51 of the Concluding Observations adopted on 14 May 2018, and published on 18 June 2018 (CCPR/C/TJK/CO/2), the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) requested the authorities of Tajikistan to provide, by 18 May 2019, information on follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations on investigating acts of torture, the enjoyment of fundamental legal safeguards, and hazing, ill-treatment and torture in the armed forces (see paras. 10, 18 and 46 above).

This joint NGO submission summarizes the state of implementation of the recommendations issued by the Committee under the relevant paragraphs and provides case examples where appropriate.

The document was jointly produced by the NGO Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan1, International Partnership for Human Rights (Belgium) and Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights

(Poland).