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UNITED
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General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/54/156
4 February 2000
Fifty-fourth session
Agenda item 116 (a)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/54/605/Add.1 and Corr.1)]
54/156. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
The General Assembly,
Recalling article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 article 7 of the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,2 the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being
Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment3 and its resolution
39/46 of 10 December 1984, by which it adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and all its
subsequent relevant resolutions,
Recalling that freedom from torture is a right that must be protected under all circumstances, including
in times of internal or international disturbance or armed conflict,
Recalling also that the World Conference on Human Rights, held at Vienna from 14 to 25 June 1993,
firmly declared that efforts to eradicate torture should, first and foremost, be concentrated on prevention and
1
Resolution 217 A (III).
2
See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
3
Resolution 3452 (XXX), annex.
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