General Comment No. 1 on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention

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General Comment No. 1 on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention is an authoritative interpretative document by the Committee against Torture that clarifies states’ obligations to prevent refoulement to countries where individuals risk torture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations human rights document ⓘ
authoritative interpretative document ⓘ
general comment ⓘ
addresses individualized assessment of risk ⓘ
procedural safeguards in removal proceedings ⓘ
relevance of general human rights situation in the receiving State ⓘ
standard of proof for risk of torture in non-refoulement cases ⓘ
adoptedBy Committee against Torture at the United Nations ⓘ
aimsTo prevent refoulement to countries where individuals risk torture ⓘ
appliesTo any other form of transfer of a person to another State ⓘ
expulsion ⓘ
extradition ⓘ
return ⓘ
basedOn Committee against Torture jurisprudence ⓘ
text of article 3 of the Convention against Torture ⓘ
binds States parties to the Convention against Torture in their implementation of article 3 ⓘ
clarifies duty not to expel, return or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that they would be in danger of being subjected to torture ⓘ
obligations of States parties under article 3 of the Convention against Torture ⓘ
scope of the prohibition of refoulement ⓘ
concerns absolute nature of the prohibition of torture ⓘ
non-derogable character of the obligation not to return a person to a risk of torture ⓘ
establishes criteria for assessing risk of torture upon return ⓘ
interprets article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ
issuedBy Committee against Torture ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalNature non-binding but authoritative interpretation ⓘ
objective ensure effective protection against torture through non-refoulement ⓘ
guide States parties in implementing article 3 of the Convention against Torture ⓘ
relatesTo international human rights law ⓘ
international refugee law ⓘ
principle of non-refoulement ⓘ
usedBy Committee against Torture in examining individual communications ⓘ
States parties in interpreting article 3 obligations ⓘ
courts and tribunals as persuasive authority on non-refoulement under the Convention against Torture ⓘ

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Committee against Torture → subjectOf → General Comment No. 1 on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention ⓘ