prohibition of torture

Right to life prohibition of torture prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment.

Guided also by the non derogable prohibition of torture in international law,

Absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Many national constitutions, criminal codes, laws and regulations proclaim the prohibition of torture.

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173. The prohibition against torture contained in the Crimes of Torture Act now is specifically included in the training manuals of prison officers.

(d) A prohibition of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (sect. 68, subsect. 1)

In all other cases, and in particular in situations of interrogation, no proportionality test may be applied and the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is equally as absolute as the prohibition of torture.

(b) The lack of an absolute prohibition of torture in accordance with article 2 of the Convention

A number of international and regional conventions already contained a prohibition against torture and ill treatment.

6) prohibition of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (art. 7) prohibition of slavery, the slave trade and servitude (art. 8, paras. 1 and 2) prohibition of imprisonment because of inability to fulfil a contractual debt (art. 11) prohibition of retroactive criminal laws (art.

7) is an absolute obligation deriving from the absolute and non derogable nature of the prohibition of torture

Bearing in mind that the universal norms on human rights place an absolute prohibition on torture of any description,

Some rights must not be violated the prohibition of torture was absolute, including in the context of the fight against terrorism.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, whose fiftieth anniversary we celebrate in 1998, provided for the first international prohibition of torture.

Each of these measures is incompatible with the absolute prohibition of torture and other forms of ill treatment in human rights law.

The Committee is also concerned that new laws have not been enacted to address areas covered by the Convention, including laws on intercountry adoption, the prohibition of child trafficking and the prohibition of torture.

The Committee is also concerned that new laws have not been enacted to address areas covered by the Convention, including laws on intercountry adoption, the prohibition of child trafficking and the prohibition of torture.

It is our firm view that the absolute prohibition on torture, inhuman and degrading treatment must be upheld.

There is also in Cambodia a clear legal prohibition against torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.

Moreover, regardless of which lawful sanctions might be excluded from the definition of torture, the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment remains.

While welcoming his categorical emphasis on the absolute nature of the prohibition of torture and other forms of ill treatment, he noted that, since everyone denounced torture, acts of torture were committed in secret he would like to know how to resolve that paradox.

The legal prohibition of torture is translated into very few effective guarantees to protect detainees against abusive practices by the detaining authorities.

The State party recalls that Egypt is a State party to the Convention, has a constitutional prohibition on torture and acts of, or orders to, torture are serious felonies under Egyptian criminal law.

One example is the absolute prohibition on the use of torture, a norm so widely accepted as to have the status of customary international law.

Reaffirm the concerns highlighted in our previous joint statements, re emphasize the absolute nature of the prohibition of torture, including the principle of non refoulement where there is a danger of an individual being subjected to torture, and stress that no exceptional circumstances may be invoked as a justification for torture.

Reaffirm concerns highlighted in our previous joint statements and reemphasize the absolute nature of the prohibition of torture, including the principle of non refoulement where there is a danger of an individual being subjected to torture and stress that no exceptional circumstances may be invoked as a justification for torture.

(e) Take all appropriate measures to strengthen the independence of the judiciary and to provide adequate training on the prohibition of torture to judges and prosecutors

The Committee stresses that article 7 of the Covenant is a non derogable prohibition of torture and all forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

(d) Ensure that all personnel involved in the custody, detention, interrogation and treatment of detainees are trained with regard to the prohibition of torture and ill treatment.

Determined to promote the full implementation of the prohibition under international and national law of any practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,

Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment stipulate a complete prohibition of torture, a prohibition which is, in addition, considered to constitute international customary law of a jus cogens character, binding on all States under all circumstances.

Stressing that the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment is absolute and is applicable in all circumstances, in time of war and in time of peace,

98. Further efforts by the Government are needed to demonstrate its determination to strictly enforce the prohibition of torture by police and military investigators, including through the prosecution of torturers.

Replying to the question by the representative of New Zealand concerning consensus on the absolute prohibition of torture, he emphasized that, while that prohibition was enshrined in all international and regional human rights instruments and in international customary law, in practice the situation was often very different.

He notes the position of the Committee against Torture which concludes, consistently with his own observations last year, that the known methods of interrogation are breaches of article 16 prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and also constitute torture as defined in article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment .

Since 11 September 2001, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other mandate holders have expressed concern about methods employed by some States to confront terrorism that reportedly seek to circumvent and thereby undermine the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in the ICCPR, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (Torture Convention) and other human rights instruments.

Prohibition of discrimination

On 5 November 2005, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), the Special Rapporteur participated in a panel discussion organized by IRCT in Copenhagen, entitled, Torture in the Twenty First Century , where he addressed the threats posed to the prohibition of torture by practices such as diplomatic assurances and secret places of detention.

(n) Ensure that law enforcement, civil, military and medical personnel, public officials and other persons who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual deprived of his her liberty are trained to recognize the physical consequences of torture and respect the absolute prohibition of torture