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Blog: Bringing the law home: Domesticating the Convention Against Torture

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Posted July 22nd, 2010 by mjs07j

Compliance with international human rights treaties is notoriously unreliable when it comes to the states parties that have signed on to them. The UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) is one such treaty.

notebook: Reparations: Using civil lawsuits to obtain reparation for survivors of human rights abuses and to challenge the impunity of their abusers

In this notebook we learn how civil laws can be used to hold torturers and other human rights abusers accountable, and to gain reparations for survivors.

notebook: International Monitoring Bodies: Powerful tools for leveraging local change

This notebook demonstrates how international mechanisms can be a powerful tool for organizations trying to bring about change in their community.  This notebook uses the example of Northern Ireland and describes how the Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) was able to successfully utilise the UN Committee Against Torture to pressure the UK to establish mechanisms and standards