Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2011, para. 17
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Urges States not to expel, return (“refouler”), extradite or in any other way transfer a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture, stresses the importance of effective legal and procedural safeguards in this regard, and recognizes that diplomatic assurances, where used, do not release States from their obligations under international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, in particular the principle of non-refoulement;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2011
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2011), A/RES/66/150, OP 17.