A/RES/57/199

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Body: General Assembly, session 57
Date: 2002-12-18
Committee report: A/57/556/Add.1
Meeting record: A/57/PV.77
Draft: A/C.3/57/L.30
Agenda item(s): Implementation of human rights instruments.

Tally

Yes 127No 4Abstain 42Did not vote 18

Roll call

'Did not vote' combines members that were absent and members present that did not participate; the source does not distinguish them.

Roll call – A/RES/57/199
Country	Position
Albania	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahrain	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belarus	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Benin	Yes
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (as “BOLIVIA”)	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cabo Verde (as “CAPE VERDE”)	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czechia (as “CZECH REPUBLIC”)	Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominica	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Yes
Eritrea	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini (as “SWAZILAND”)	Yes
Fiji	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Gambia	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes
Guinea	Yes
Haiti	Yes
Honduras	Yes
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kazakhstan	Yes
Kiribati	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lebanon	Yes
Lesotho	Yes
Liechtenstein	Yes
Lithuania	Yes
Luxembourg	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Mali	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes
Mexico	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Yes
Monaco	Yes
Mongolia	Yes
Morocco	Yes
Mozambique	Yes
Namibia	Yes
Naoero (as “NAURU”)	Yes
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) (as “NETHERLANDS”)	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes
North Macedonia (as “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA”)	Yes
Norway	Yes
Panama	Yes
Papua New Guinea	Yes
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Republic of Korea	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Yes
Romania	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Samoa	Yes
San Marino	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes
Senegal	Yes
Seychelles	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Slovakia	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes
South Africa	Yes
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Suriname	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tajikistan	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes
Türkiye (as “TURKEY”)	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes
Uganda	Yes
Ukraine	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (as “VENEZUELA”)	Yes
Yemen	Yes
Yugoslavia	Yes
Zambia	Yes
Zimbabwe	Yes
Marshall Islands	No
Nigeria	No
Palau	No
United States	No
Algeria	Abstain
Australia	Abstain
Bahamas (the) (as “BAHAMAS”)	Abstain
Bangladesh	Abstain
Belize	Abstain
Bhutan	Abstain
Brunei Darussalam	Abstain
Cameroon	Abstain
China	Abstain
Cuba	Abstain
Djibouti	Abstain
Egypt	Abstain
Ethiopia	Abstain
Grenada	Abstain
Guyana	Abstain
India	Abstain
Jamaica	Abstain
Japan	Abstain
Kenya	Abstain
Kuwait	Abstain
Libya (as “LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA”)	Abstain
Malaysia	Abstain
Mauritania	Abstain
Myanmar	Abstain
Nepal	Abstain
Oman	Abstain
Pakistan	Abstain
Philippines	Abstain
Qatar	Abstain
Russian Federation	Abstain
Saint Lucia	Abstain
Saudi Arabia	Abstain
Singapore	Abstain
Somalia	Abstain
Sudan	Abstain
Syrian Arab Republic	Abstain
Thailand	Abstain
Togo	Abstain
Tunisia	Abstain
United Republic of Tanzania	Abstain
Uzbekistan	Abstain
Viet Nam	Abstain
Afghanistan	Did not vote
Central African Republic	Did not vote
Chad	Did not vote
Comoros	Did not vote
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Did not vote
Guinea-Bissau	Did not vote
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Did not vote
Iraq	Did not vote
Lao People's Democratic Republic	Did not vote
Liberia	Did not vote
Maldives	Did not vote
Niger	Did not vote
Rwanda	Did not vote
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Did not vote
Tonga	Did not vote
Trinidad and Tobago	Did not vote
Turkmenistan	Did not vote
United Arab Emirates	Did not vote

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UN subject headings (verbatim)

HUMAN RIGHTS--INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT

Sources

Voting data: United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Security Council Voting Data (Version 7, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4055387, and General Assembly Voting Data (Version 6, October 2026), https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4060887. Vetoes: UN Peace & Security Data Hub, Security Council Data – Vetoes Since 1946 (DPPA-SCVETOES). © United Nations; used for non-commercial purposes with attribution.