- Torture - Human Rights Watch
The prohibition against torture is a bedrock principle of international law Torture, as well as cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, is banned at all times, in all places, including in times of
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading . . .
Desiring to make more effective the struggle against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment throughout the world, Have agreed as follows:
- Torture | OHCHR
Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment; violations of international norms and standards on the use of force; gender-based violence, intimidation; rehabilitation and redress for victims; solitary confinement; counterterrorism measures
- Special Rapporteur on torture | OHCHR
Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment About the mandate The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, in resolution 1985 33, decided to appoint an expert for one year, a special rapporteur, to examine questions relevant to torture
- Relator Especial sobre la tortura | OHCHR
Declaración en vídeo del Relator Especial sobre la tortura en un acto organizado por el Consejo Nacional de Derechos Humanos y la Dirección General de Seguridad Nacional de Marruecos, sobre "normas y prácticas para la prevención de la tortura y otros tratos o penas crueles, inhumanos o degradantes durante la detención, el interrogatorio y la custodia", que tuvo lugar el 20 de septiembre
- Rwanda: Torture, Ill-Treatment in Detention - Human Rights Watch
For decades, Rwandan authorities have subjected detainees, in both official and unofficial detention facilities, to ill-treatment and torture, with no accountability
- Committee against Torture | OHCHR
The 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 The Committee against Torture works to hold States accountable for human rights violations, systematically investigating reports of torture in order to stop and prevent this
- “They Threw Me in the Water and Beat Me” - Human Rights Watch
The 22-page report, “‘They Threw Me in the Water and Beat Me’: The Need for Accountability for Torture in Rwanda,” documents torture and ill-treatment by prison officials and detainees in
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