Part II: Preventing torture: NHRIs in action Committee against Torture • General comment No. 2 on the obligation to prevent torture (article 2) • General comment No. 3 on the right to redress (article 14) • General comment No. 4 on the principle of non-refoulement in the context of individual inquiry procedure (articles 3 and 22) Human Rights Committee • Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 20: replaces general comment 7 concerning prohibition of torture and cruel treatment or punishment (article 7) • General comment No. 21 on the humane treatment of persons deprived of their liberty (article 10) • General comment No. 35 on liberty and security of person (article 9) • General comment No. 28 on the equality of rights between men and women (article 3) • General comment No. 18 on non-discrimination UN CEDAW • General recommendation 19 on violence against women (1992), updated by general recommendation 35 (2017) • General recommendation 33 on women’s access to justice (2015) • General recommendation No. 28 on the Core Obligations of States Parties under Article 2 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (2010) • Joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on harmful practices (2014) UN Special Rapporteur on Torture • Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to the Human Rights Council (5 January 2016) (A/HRC/31/57) on the applicability of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international law to the unique experiences of women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons. • Report of the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on interviews of suspects (5 August 2016) (A/71/298). • Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez, to the Human Rights Council (10 April 2014) (A/HRC/25/60) on the exclusionary rule. UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women • Report of the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences, Pathways to, conditions and consequences of incarceration for women, Report to the UN General Assembly (21 August 2013) (A/68/340), 157