Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ABUDHABI755
2009-07-23 12:53:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
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UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000755
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PHUM UN AE
SUBJECT: UAE INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
REF A: STATE 70129
REF B: ABU DHABI 695 AND PREVIOUS
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 000755
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PHUM UN AE
SUBJECT: UAE INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
REF A: STATE 70129
REF B: ABU DHABI 695 AND PREVIOUS
1. (U) This message is a response to ref A request for information
on initiatives taken by host countries to prevent torture and protect
victims. The UAE is not a signatory to many of the international
conventions to prevent torture nor does it include prevention of
torture in its constitution. Notably, the UAEG has not signed the
United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT).
2. (U) In the UAE, torture, such as the current, widely-covered case
involving Sheikh Issa (ref B),are typically treated as criminal
cases and punishable with imprisonment. The central police stations
in Abu Dhabi and Dubai do, however, have offices for human rights
where victims can file torture cases, although we have no information
that actual torture cases have ever been filed.
GREENE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/ARP
E.O. 12958: DECL: N/A
TAGS: PHUM UN AE
SUBJECT: UAE INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
REF A: STATE 70129
REF B: ABU DHABI 695 AND PREVIOUS
1. (U) This message is a response to ref A request for information
on initiatives taken by host countries to prevent torture and protect
victims. The UAE is not a signatory to many of the international
conventions to prevent torture nor does it include prevention of
torture in its constitution. Notably, the UAEG has not signed the
United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT).
2. (U) In the UAE, torture, such as the current, widely-covered case
involving Sheikh Issa (ref B),are typically treated as criminal
cases and punishable with imprisonment. The central police stations
in Abu Dhabi and Dubai do, however, have offices for human rights
where victims can file torture cases, although we have no information
that actual torture cases have ever been filed.
GREENE