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  1. Torture - Human Rights Watch

    Jul 31, 2025 · 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 ...

  2. Torture | OHCHR

    Nov 21, 2025 · 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 …

  3. An everyday essential: A life free from torture | OHCHR

    Nov 21, 2025 · When her son was wrongfully detained, Andrea Casamento discovered a prison system in Argentina marked by lack of visibility, violence and silence. Two decades later, her fight — …

  4. اتفاقية مناهضة التعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملةأو العقوبة القاسية أو ...

    1- تتخذ كل دولة طرف اجراءات تشريعية أو ادارية أو قضائية فعالة أو أية اجراءات أخرى لمنع أعمال التعذيب في أى اقليم يخضع لاختصاصها القضائى. 2- لا يجوز التذرع باية ظروف استثنائية ايا كانت، سواء أكانت هذه الظروف حالة حرب أو ...

  5. 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:

  6. 酷刑 | OHCHR

    联合国人权委员会于1985年设立了该任务,决定任命一名独立专家审查酷刑有关问题。 2020年,该任务期限延长了三年,任务范围涵盖所有国家,不论该国是否签署《禁止酷刑和其他残忍、不人道或有辱 …

  7. Rwanda: Torture, Ill-Treatment in Detention - Human Rights Watch

    Oct 15, 2024 · For decades, Rwandan authorities have subjected detainees, in both official and unofficial detention facilities, to ill-treatment and torture, with no accountability.

  8. Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels ...

    Entrée en vigueur: le 26 juin 1987, conformément aux dispositions de l'article 27 (1)Les Etats parties à la présente Convention,Considérant que, conformément aux principes proclamés dans la Charte des …

  9. 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 …

  10. التعذيب | OHCHR

    إنهاء التعذيب: انتصار قانوني يصون الكرامة خلف القضبان A landmark High Court of South Africa ruling brought five tortured prisoners closer to receiving, marking the first successful application of South Africa’s domestic …