Base de données sur la prévention dela torture

Etats Signé CAT Ratifié CAT Signé OPCAT Ratifié OPCAT Criminalisation de la torture Penalité
Tunisie26/08/198723/09/1988 29/06/2011Art 101 Penal Code8 years imprisonment
République Democratique du Congo 18/03/1996 23/09/2010Bill passed by Parliament 
Gabon21/01/198608/09/200015/12/200422/09/2010  
Togo25/03/198718/11/198715/09/200520/07/2010pending 
Burkina Faso 04/01/199921/09/200507/07/2010  
Nigéria28/07/198828/06/2001 27/07/2009pending 
Sénégal04/02/198521/08/198604/02/200318/10/2006Art 296-1 Penal Code 
Bénin 12/03/199224/02/200520/09/2006pending 
Ile Maurice 09/12/1992 21/06/2005Art 78 Criminal Code5 years imprisonment
Mali 26/02/199919/01/200412/05/2005  
Libéria 22/09/2004 22/09/2004pending 
Mauritanie 17/11/200427/09/2011   
Cap-Vert 04/06/199226/09/2011   
Zimbabwe  27/09/2010   
Cameroun 19/12/198615/12/2009 Art 132 Penal CodeLife imprisonment or terms of imprisonment and a fine depending on aggravating circumstances or effects of the torture on the victim.
Congo 30/07/200329/09/2008   
Ghana07/09/200007/09/200006/11/2006   
Afrique du Sud29/01/199310/12/199820/09/2006   
Guinée30/05/198610/10/198916/09/2005   
Sierra Leone18/03/198525/04/200126/09/2003   
Madagascar01/10/200113/12/200524/09/2003 Art 2, 10-12 Law n°08/2008 of 25 June 2008 on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment2-5 years imprisonment. From 5 years to life imprisonment depending on aggravating circumstances
Algerie26/11/198512/09/1989  Art 263 bis Criminal Code5-10 years of imprisonment
Angola      
Botswana08/09/200008/09/2000    
Burundi 18/02/1993  Art 196, 197, 200 – 209 Law n°1/05 of 22/04/2009 on the modification of the penal code10-15 years imprisonment. 20 years or life imprisonment depending on aggravating circumstances
Comoros22/09/2000     
Côte d'Ivoire 18/12/1995    
Djibouti 05/11/2002    
Egypte 25/06/1986  Art 126 Penal Code3-10 years imprisonment
Erythrée      
Ethiopie 14/03/1994    
Gambie23/10/1985     
Guinea-Bissau09/12/2000     
Guinée équatoriale 08/10/2002  Art 3 Act No. 6/2006 on the Prevention of and Disciplinary Measures against TorturePrison terms between six months and six years, a fine of 300.000 CFA and a ban from holding public office for twice the period of imprisonment
Kenya 21/02/1997  pending 
Lesotho 12/11/2001    
Libye 16/05/1989    
Malawi 11/06/1996    
Mozambique 14/09/1999    
Namibie 28/11/1994  pending 
Niger 05/10/1998    
Ouganda 03/11/1986  pending 
Rwanda 15/12/2008    
République arabe démocratique Sahrawi      
République centrafricaine      
Seychelles 05/05/1992    
Somalie 24/01/1990    
Soudan04/06/1986     
Soudan du Sud      
Swaziland 26/03/2004    
São Tomé et Príncipe06/09/2000     
Tanzanie      
Tchad 09/06/1995    
Zambie 07/10/1998