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Question of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

A/RES/3059(XXVIII)No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1974.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
DetentionImprisonmentInternational InstrumentsPunishmentTorture and Other Cruel Treatment

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
2
Urges all Governments to become parties to existing international instruments which contain provisions relating to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
3
Requests the Secretary-General to inform the General Assembly, under the report of the Economic and Social Council, of the consideration which may have been given to this question by the Sub-Commission · on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities or by the Commission on Human Rights and other bodies concerned;
4
Decides to examine the question of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in relation to detention and imprisonment as an item at a future session of the General Assembly.

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