PRI submits comment on the right to redress for victims of torture

PRI submits observations to the Committee against Torture on the interpretation of the right to redress (article 14 of the UN Convention against Torture) in response to the draft comments of the committees interpretation of the right.

The observations detail the right to redress in relation to a number of issues including compensation; holistic rehabilitation, complaints and access to mechanisms for obtaining redress; obstacles to the right and monitoring and reporting instances of torture.