Violence against women with disabilities 2012, para. 79
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Article 15 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, requires that States parties take effective measures to prevent persons with disabilities from being subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular with regard to being subjected to medical or scientific experimentation without free consent. The Committee against Torture has acknowledged that certain acts against persons with disabilities, such as imprisoning or detaining them, would constitute torture or ill-treatment.
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Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences