15 OP 18 Strategic 16 Guidelines 19 UN CAT, supra note 2. to EU policy towards third countries on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment — An up-date of the Guidelines (March 20, 2012), available at http://eeas.europa.eu/human_rights/guidelines/torture/ docs/20120626_guidelines_en.pdf. 17 See European Instrument for Democracy & Human Rights (EIDHR), European Commission (Feb. 17, 2012), http://ec. europa.eu/europeaid/how/finance/eidhr_en.htm. Framework & Action Plan, supra note 10, at point 17. CAT, supra note 3. 20 UN Comm. against Torture, General Comment 3, supra note 9. 21 Id. 22 See CAT communication No. 444/2010, Abdussamatov et al. v. Kazakhstan, available at http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/ HRBodies/CAT/Jurisprudence/CAT-C-48-D-444-2010_en.pdf. 23 Committee against Torture, Rules of Procedure, supra note 6, at Rule 117, ¶ 4. 8