The negative impact of corruption on the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, para. 15
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5. Stresses that States must take effective legislative, administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent public officials, including law enforcement officials or other persons acting in an official capacity, from inflicting, instigating or consenting or acquiescing to any acts of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or 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
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2018
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OP
Reference
The negative impact of corruption on the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Human Rights Council Resolution, 2018.