{"abstract":"This interim rule amends Department of Justice regulations by establishing procedures for raising a claim for protection from torture, as directed by the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998. Section 2242 of that Act requires the heads of appropriate agencies to prescribe regulations for implementing United States obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention Against Torture or Convention). Under Article 3 of the Convention Against Torture (Article 3), the United States has agreed not to ``expel, return (`refouler') or extradite'' a person to another state where he or she would be tortured. The interim rule establishes procedures for ensuring compliance with Article 3 with respect to removal of aliens from the United States by integrating many Convention Against Torture requests into the present scheme governing asylum and withholding determinations before the Immigration Court. For persons subject to reinstatement, administrative removal, expedited removal, or other streamlined proceedings, excluding those relating to aliens inadmissible on security and related grounds, the rule establishes a screening mechanism followed by Immigration Court review that is similar to the screening procedure currently used in determining credible fear under expedited removal. The rule also establishes ``deferral of removal,'' a new, limited form of protection that will be accorded aliens who would be tortured in the country of removal but who are barred from withholding of removal. Finally, this interim regulation serves as notice to the public that, upon the effective date of this rule, the informal procedure currently in place for considering Convention Against Torture requests will end and those persons who have raised a claim under the informal procedure will be given an opportunity, as prescribed by this rule, to have their cases reviewed under the new procedures.","action":"Interim rule with request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Immigration and Naturalization Service","name":"Immigration and Naturalization Service","id":232,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/immigration-and-naturalization-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/232","parent_id":268,"slug":"immigration-and-naturalization-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/1999/02/19/99-4140.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"3","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"103","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"208","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"235","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"238","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"240","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"241","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"253","title":8},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"507","title":8}],"citation":"64 FR 8478","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":null,"disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["INS No. 1976-99","AG Order No. 2207-99"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"99-4140","effective_on":null,"end_page":8496,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":null,"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/02/19/99-4140/regulations-concerning-the-convention-against-torture","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/99-4140?publication_date=1999-02-19","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-1999-02-19/99-4140/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":19,"page_views":{"count":912,"last_updated":"2026-07-26 02:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-02-19/pdf/99-4140.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1999-02-19","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/1999/02/19/99-4140.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1115-AF39":{"issue":"200210","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1115-AF39/regulations-concerning-the-convention-against-torture","title":"Regulations Concerning the Convention Against Torture","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200210&RIN=1115-AF39&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1115-AF39"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-09-21T00:44:04Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":true,"signing_date":null,"start_page":8478,"subtype":null,"title":"Regulations Concerning the Convention Against Torture","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":64}