Convention Against Torture CAT Malee Ketelsen Minnesota Immigration Attorney

The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is an international human rights instrument, under the review of the United Nations, that aims to prevent torture around the world.

Countries that participate in the United Nations Convention against Torture offer a very particular form of relief for those individuals, if returned to their country, would likely be in danger or subject to torture. Applications under the U.N. Convention against Torture (CAT) are identified by an attorney and must be presented to the immigration services with substantial supporting material to substantiate the claim.

– Convention Against Torture, Article 1.1

Any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.

Contact Malee about you or your family member's situation to discuss if Convention against torture may be an eligible form of relief.

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