A/HRC/34/54
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 February 2017
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-fourth session
27 February-24 March 2017
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment*
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, Nils Melzer, pursuant to Council resolution 25/13.
In his report, the Special Rapporteur gives an overview of the activities of the
mandate during the reporting cycle, including the country visits carried out by the former
Special Rapporteur, Juan Méndez, up to the end of his tenure on 31 October 2016. The
incumbent Special Rapporteur, who took up his appointment on 1 November, outlines his
working methods, his thematic priorities and his vision for a meaningful anti-torture
advocacy, in close cooperation with existing mechanisms.
* The present document was submitted late to reflect most recent developments.
GE.17-02239(E)