At the event (Source: baomoi) Hanoi (VNA) – Aseminar on the preparations for the review of Vietnam’s initial report on theimplementation of the United Nations Convention Against Torture took place inHanoi on October 15-16.
Speaking at the event, Directorof the Ministry of Public Security’s Department ofLegal, Administrative, and Judicial Reform Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Anh said thatas one of the nine core UN treaties, the convention was adopted on December 10,1984 and took effect on June 26, 1987.
OnNovember 28, 2014, the 13th National Assembly’s eighth meeting adoptedResolution No.83/2014/QH13, approving the convention. It officially came intoforce in Vietnam on March 7, 2015.
AfterVietnam became a member of the convention, the Prime Minister issued DecisionNo.364/QD-TTg on approving a plan to realise the treaty. Based on the decision,the Ministry of Public Security worked closely with ministries, agencies, andlocalities to build an initial report on measures that Vietnam has taken tomeet the treaty obligations.
OnApril 28, 2017, the national report was approved by the PM before beingsubmitted to the UN Committee Against Torture as regulated in the convention’sArticle 19.
UnitedNations Development Programme Country Director in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen said Vietnamhas partaken in seven of the nine core UN human rights treaties. To date, 164 stateparties have joined this convention, with more nations looking to ratify itsoon.
Shesaid the scope of the convention goes beyond the issue of torture, seeking toprevent and prohibit the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of all, addingthat the international human rights treaty system comes with a unique monitoringsystem which involves the review of treaty implementation every few years by a committeeof independent experts.
Accordingto Wiesen, the reporting process is an opportunity for Vietnam to identifyareas where further actions are required to enforce those rights protected inthe treaty.
Documentsreviewing Vietnam’s national report include a national report and 14appendixes, a draft speech by head of the Vietnamese inter-sectoral workingdelegation at the reporting session and a list of data and figures for thework.
Followingthe seminar, a reporting rehearsal was held with the participation of 45members of the inter-sectoral working delegation, foreign experts, and staff ofthe UNDP in Vietnam.
Theywere updated on the UN Committee Against Torture’s process of reviewing thenational report, experience, and methods of report presentations.–VNA
Speaking at the event, Directorof the Ministry of Public Security’s Department ofLegal, Administrative, and Judicial Reform Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Anh said thatas one of the nine core UN treaties, the convention was adopted on December 10,1984 and took effect on June 26, 1987.
OnNovember 28, 2014, the 13th National Assembly’s eighth meeting adoptedResolution No.83/2014/QH13, approving the convention. It officially came intoforce in Vietnam on March 7, 2015.
AfterVietnam became a member of the convention, the Prime Minister issued DecisionNo.364/QD-TTg on approving a plan to realise the treaty. Based on the decision,the Ministry of Public Security worked closely with ministries, agencies, andlocalities to build an initial report on measures that Vietnam has taken tomeet the treaty obligations.
OnApril 28, 2017, the national report was approved by the PM before beingsubmitted to the UN Committee Against Torture as regulated in the convention’sArticle 19.
UnitedNations Development Programme Country Director in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen said Vietnamhas partaken in seven of the nine core UN human rights treaties. To date, 164 stateparties have joined this convention, with more nations looking to ratify itsoon.
Shesaid the scope of the convention goes beyond the issue of torture, seeking toprevent and prohibit the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of all, addingthat the international human rights treaty system comes with a unique monitoringsystem which involves the review of treaty implementation every few years by a committeeof independent experts.
Accordingto Wiesen, the reporting process is an opportunity for Vietnam to identifyareas where further actions are required to enforce those rights protected inthe treaty.
Documentsreviewing Vietnam’s national report include a national report and 14appendixes, a draft speech by head of the Vietnamese inter-sectoral workingdelegation at the reporting session and a list of data and figures for thework.
Followingthe seminar, a reporting rehearsal was held with the participation of 45members of the inter-sectoral working delegation, foreign experts, and staff ofthe UNDP in Vietnam.
Theywere updated on the UN Committee Against Torture’s process of reviewing thenational report, experience, and methods of report presentations.–VNA
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