A/70/303
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
7 August 2015
Original: English
Seventieth session
Item 73 (b) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights
questions, including alternative approaches for improving the
effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the
interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez, submitted in accordance with
Assembly resolution 68/156.
* A/70/150.
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