Role of forensic and medical sciences in the investigation prevention torture and other ill-treatment 2014, para. 58
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Following from the State's obligation to investigate torture and other ill-treatment, the effective medical and legal investigation and documentation of torture and other ill-treatment are essential for the prevention of and accountability and redress for these crimes, as well as for the general operation of international law regarding torture. The Special Rapporteur finds that for every single right the victim has - from being free from torture in the first place to the rights after having survived torture, and even for the families of those torture victims who do not survive - documentation and evidence is the most fundamental prerequisite, and, unfortunately, one the attainments of which is too often frustrated.
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment