CAT: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance redress and contribute to a climate of impunity. When impunity is sanctioned by law or exists de facto, it bars the victim from seeking redress as it allows the violators to go unpunished and denies the victim her rights. Therefore, it is important to remove any amnesties for torture or illtreatment. 14. The government should seriously consider the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT), 2002.79 The objective of this Protocol is to establish a system of regular visits undertaken by independent international and national bodies to places where people are deprived of their liberty, in order to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.80 The OPCAT stipulates that a Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture (SPT) shall be established and shall carry out the functions laid down in the Protocol.81 The SPT has an operational function which consists in visiting all places of detention in States parties, and an advisory function which consists in providing assistance and advice to 79 Adopted on December 18, 2002 at the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution A/RES/57/199, and entered into force on June 22, 2006. 80 Article 1 of the OPCAT. 81 Article 2 (1) of the OPCAT. 61