{"id":19540,"date":"2023-06-30T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital-cso.org\/?p=19540"},"modified":"2023-08-21T22:44:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T22:44:46","slug":"convention-against-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digital-cso.org\/en\/convention-against-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19540\" class=\"elementor elementor-19540\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3324cf9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3324cf9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bde5be\" data-id=\"1bde5be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2df87a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2df87a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 08-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>ADOPTED<\/p><p><strong>10 December 1984<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>General Assembly resolution 39\/46<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Entry into force: 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1)<\/strong><\/p><p>The States Parties to this Convention,<\/p><p>Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, recognition of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,<\/p><p>Recognizing that those rights derive from the inherent dignity of the human person,<\/p><p>Considering the obligation of States under the Charter, in particular Article 55, to promote universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms,<\/p><p>Having regard to article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, both of which provide that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,<\/p><p>Having regard also to the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 1975,<\/p><p>Desiring to make more effective the struggle against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment throughout the world,<\/p><p>Have agreed as follows:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ebc3b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"8ebc3b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\">            <div class=\"embedpress-document-embed ose-document ep-doc-d7fcf3f3b136871a304a78937b86779c\" style=\"width: 850px;height: 600px; 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