Briefing paper ahead of the EU-Tajikistan Cooperation Council meeting

As recently as in February 2015 the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on torture raised concern about ongoing torture and ill-treatment and impunity in the follow-up report to his mission to Tajikistan. In 2015 the NGO Coalition against Torture in Tajikistan registered 43 new cases of torture and ill-treatment. Many victims refrain from complaining for fear of reprisals.