Joint Submission to the Committee against Torture on the Review of Tajikistan, 63rd Session, April/May 2018

This joint submission by the OMCT, the IPHR, the Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan, and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights presents information about the implementation of Tajikistan’s obligations under articles 1, 2, 3, 4,11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment orPunishment (Convention against Torture). It provides information about the legislative framework pertainingto torture and other forms of ill-treatment and its implementation. It highlights civil society concerns abouttorture and other ill-treatment in detention (including in police stations and temporary detention facilities,corrective labour facilities and prisons) as well as in other closed or semi-closed facilities and the armedforces. The document pays special attention to vulnerable groups, such as women, children, LGBT people,refugees and asylum seekers and highlights concerns pertaining to investigations into allegations of tortureand other ill-treatment, prosecutions of perpetrators, and victims’ access to reparation. The document alsoincludes a chapter about the shrinking space for civil society organizations and activists in Tajikistanincluding those working against torture and impunity.