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Article 1 1. For the purpose of this Declaration, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted by or at the instigation of a public official on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or confession, punishing him for an act he has committed or is suspected of having committed, or ...
together with the observations thereon received from the State party concerned. According to the CAT, “If the Committee receives reliable information which appears to contain well-founded indications that torture is being systematically practiced in the territory of a State party, the Committee shall invite that State party to co-operate in the
The United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) is the only legally binding convention at the universal level concerned exclusively with the erad-ication of torture. The main objective of the Convention is to lay down oblig-ations on States Parties to establish and exercise jurisdiction over the crime of torture.
legal basis for extradition if a State does not have an extradition treaty with the requesting State. d) Non-refoulement The CAT (Art. 3) provides that no State Party shall expel, return ("refouler") or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.
On 13 November 1989, Canada made declarations under article 21 & 22 of the Convention, “recognizing the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider communications (complaints) whereby a state party claims that another state party is not fulfilling its obligations under the Convention (article 21), and to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of ...
The purpose. The different purposes that an act of ill-treatment must fulfil to be considered as torture or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment are the following: for extracting a confession ; or. for obtaining for the victim or a third person information ; or. for punishment ; or.
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Entry into force: 26 June 1987, in accordance with article 27 (1) The States Parties to this Convention, 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, Recognizing that those rights derive from the ...
