The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) Special Fund will accept project applications aimed at implementing recommendations made by the Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) after a visit to a State party, provided these recommendations are contained in a report that has been made public in accordance with article 16(2) of OPCAT.
The proposed projects should aim to contribute to the establishment or effective functioning of national preventive mechanisms:
through implementation of country-specific recommendations that the SPT made after the country visit or National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs) visit which are contained in the published SPT visit report or
through educational programmes of national preventive mechanisms.
Please note that one of the eligibility critera is that if the proposed projects by CSOs are implemented in cooperation with the entity responsible for implementing the recommendations made by the SPT in the published visit report, be it the State party or the NPM.
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