Prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment from an extraterritorial perspective 2015, para. 54
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The Committee (P.E. v. France; Agiza v. Sweden; Pelit v. Azerbaijan; Dzemajl v. Yugoslavia), the European Court of Human Rights (Othman v. The United Kingdom) and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and Interights v. Egypt) have firmly ruled against the use of evidence obtained by torture, demonstrating that international law has declared its unequivocal opposition to the admission of such evidence. The Special Rapporteur recalls that all States have an obligation to ascertain whether statements admitted as evidence in any proceedings for which they have jurisdiction, including extradition proceedings, have been made as a result of torture (G.K. v. Switzerland).
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment