United Nations A/RES/57/200 General Assembly Distr.: General 16 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 109 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Third Committee (A/57/556/Add.1)] 57/200. 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 Punishment 3 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, Recalling also that freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is a non-derogable right that must be protected under all circumstances, including in times of internal or international disturbance or armed conflict, and that the prohibition of torture is explicitly affirmed in all relevant international instruments, Recalling further all previous resolutions or decisions on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Commission on Human Rights, in particular Assembly resolution 56/143 of 19 December 2001 and Commission resolution 2002/38 of 22 April 2002, 4 Recalling the recommendation contained in the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993 5 that high priority should be given to providing the necessary resources to assist victims of torture and effective remedies for their physical, psychological and social rehabilitation, inter alia, through additional contributions to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, _______________ 1 Resolution 217 A (III). See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. 3 Resolution 3452 (XXX), annex. 4 See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2002, Supplement No. 3 (E/2002/23), chap. II, sect. A. 5 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 2 02 55155

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