New OPCAT Database
The OPCAT Database on ratification and implementation of the OPCAT, including the functioning of National Preventive Mechanisms. The OPCAT Database is a unique on-line tool which offers information on the ratification and implementation of the OPCAT in all States Parties and Signatories. Information is also available on States which are considering acceding to the OPCAT. The database is available at www.apt.ch/opcat
Tanya Norton Detention Monitoring Adviser

+41 22 919 2187

+41 22 919
Jean-Sébastien Blanc Detention Monitoring Adviser


P.O. Box 2267
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland

+41 22 919 2183

+41 22 919 2180

Mr. Jean-Sébastien Blanc joined the APT in 2010. He studied History and Russian in Switzerland and International Relations in Argentina. Before joining the APT, he worked as a delegate of the ICRC in the South Caucasus. He has also worked for various NGOs, including Amnesty International, and as a journalist. He is fluent in French, Spanish, English and Russian.
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Dear Madam/Sir, I wish to urgently highlight the case of Brendan Lillis Prison number A1005. HMP Maghaberry,Upper Lisburn,old road.BT28 2PT Northern Ireland.He must be sent to a proper Hospital to receive medical care as Mr.Lillis’s conditon has increasingly worsened.THIS IS NOW AN EXSTREAMLY URGENT MATTER and your help in his case would be greatly appericted,yours thankfully
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