The United Nations (UN) Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture (SPT) announced on Thursday that it will visit Mozambique for ten days next week to evaluate the recommendations made in 2016.

"We look forward to assessing how the Government of Mozambique has acted on the recommendations we made almost a decade ago, following our 2016 visit," said Chris Nissen, head of the SPT delegation, quoted in a note consulted by the MZNews.

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"We are also eager to see how the country's national torture prevention mechanism has improved in terms of structure and functioning," he added.

During this mission, the delegation will visit prisons, police stations and other places where people are detained. The delegation will meet with government and other official authorities, representatives of civil society and UN agencies.

The note adds that the results of the October 20-30 survey will be presented However, the report will be kept confidential until the authorities request its publication, "as was the case with the first report".

Mozambique ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) in 2013.

The SPT delegation will be composed of Andrew Christoffel NISSEN, Head of Delegation (South Africa), Uju AGOMOH (Nigeria), Paul LAM SHANG LEEN (Mauritius) and Julia KOZMA (Austria), together with two Human Rights Officers from the SPT Secretariat.