Prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment from an extraterritorial perspective 2015, para. 44
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The Special Rapporteur reminds States that the core purpose of the Convention against Torture was the universalization of a regime of criminal punishment for perpetrators of torture, building upon the regime already in existence under international human rights, customary international law and international humanitarian law. By its terms, the Convention provides for far-reaching extraterritorial obligations to bring perpetrators of torture to justice. Article 5 (1) obliges States to establish jurisdiction over all acts of torture on the territoriality, flag, active nationality and passive nationality principles. All States have a customary international law obligation to investigate, prosecute and punish all acts of torture and other ill-treatment as codified, inter alia, in the Convention.
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment