Wiesbaden - 10 years ago, the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture - the OPCAT - marked the beginning of a human rights success story of the…

Wiesbaden/Berlin - Klaus Lange-Lehngut, head of the Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture, met today with a delegation from the Brazilian National Committee to Prevent and…

Wiesbaden/Berlin – The National Agency's Annual Report 2015 was submitted today to the Parliamentarian Secretary of State, Christian Lange, at the Federal Ministry of Justice and…

Wiesbaden - After a support visit to the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture, the United Nations, through their Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT), express their…

The Annual Report of the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture is now also available in English:  Annual Report 2012

The 84th Conference of Ministers of Justice on 12 and 13 June 2013 appointed two new members for the Joint Commission to take up office as of the  1st July 2013: Mr. Michael…

Wiesbaden/Berlin - "The Joint Commission of the States at the National Agency for the Prevention of Torture visited 18 places of detention in Germany in the last year. As in the…

Wiesbaden - After talks with the Federal Government and representatives of several States, the funding of the National Agency has been discussed in detail A delegation of the UN…