A/72/178 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 July 2017 Original: English Seventy-second session Item 73 (b) of the provisional agenda* Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Extra-custodial use of force and the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Nils Melzer, submitted in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 34/19. * A/72/150. 17-12326 (E) 050917 *1712326*

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