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Do not specifically define torture
- Torture is illegal under both US and international law. Several international agreements ban torture, all ratified by the US. The majority of these treaties and declarations do not specifically define torture.
www.jurist.org/archives/feature/ii-international-bans-on-torture/International Bans on Torture - JURIST - Archives - Legal ...
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,
The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (commonly known as the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT)) is an international human rights treaty under the review of the United Nations that aims to prevent torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment ...
ParticipantSignatureRatification, Accession (a), Succession ...Afghanistan4 February 19851 April 1987Algeria26 November 198512 September 1989Angola24 September 20132 October 2019Andorra5 August 200222 September 2006The prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm in public international law—meaning that it is forbidden under all circumstances—as well as being forbidden by international treaties such as the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: mandate of the Special Rapporteur – Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/RES/25/13 III. Guidelines, Principles and Protocols
The Optional Protocol, which entered into force on 22 June 2006, establishes a system of regular visits by international and national bodies to places of detention in order to prevent torture...
There is an absolute ban on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and outrages upon personal dignity under international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL). The prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment derives from the Geneva Conventions of 1949, their Additional Protocols of 1977 ...
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Universal Definition of Torture and Cruel Treatment. The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) provides the most precise and widely-cited definition of torture under international law. It defines torture as:
