Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2011, para. 5
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Emphasizes that acts of torture are serious violations of international human rights law and humanitarian law and can constitute crimes against humanity and, when committed in a situation of armed conflict, war crimes, and that the perpetrators thereof are liable to prosecution and punishment;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2011
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur (2011), A/HRC/RES/16/23, OP 5.