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Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

A/RES/36/60No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 91Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

30 versions · 1977–2025
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/198
  • 2025A/RES/80/198Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2023A/RES/77/209Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/143Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentCompare with previous version
  • 2018A/RES/72/163Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/70/146Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishmentCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Torture and Other Cruel TreatmentTreatiesWorking Groups

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
Welcomes Economic and Social Council resolution 1981/37 of 8 May 1981, by which tht: Council authorized an open-ended working group of the Commission on Human Rights to meet for a period of one week prior to the thirtyeighth session of the Commission to complete the work on a draft convention;
2
Requests the Commission on Human Rights to complete as a matter of highest priority, at its thirty-eighth session, the drafting of a convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, with a view to submitting a draft, including provisions for the effective implementation of the future convention, to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session;
3
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-seventh session the item entitled "Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".

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