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Bookmark or Share- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading ...Each State Party shall ensure that education and information regarding the prohibition against torture are fully included in the training of law enforcement personnel, civil or military, medical personnel, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of ...
- Torture | OHCHRThe eradication of torture worldwide was one of the major commitments taken up by the United Nations only a few years after its establishment. UN Human Rights takes part in this commitment by supporting the work of the Special Rapporteur on torture, the Committee against Torture, and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture.
- Committee against Torture - OHCHRThe Committee against Torture (CAT) is the body of 10 independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by its States parties.
- Special Rapporteur on torture | OHCHRIn the present report, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Jill Edwards, presents her annual overview of trends and developments in line with paragraph 1 (g) of Human Rights Council resolution 52/7, as well as a thematic study focused on good practices and challenges in investigating, prosecuting and preventing wartime sexual ...
- Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to ...Article 1 1. For the purpose of this Declaration, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or confession, punishing him for an act he has committed or is suspected of having committed, or ...
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