Plan International - Girls' Rights Platform - Girls' rights are human rights: Positioning girls at the heart of the international agenda

A/RES/67/161 United Nations Distr.: General 7 March 2013 General Assembly Sixty-seventh session Agenda item 69 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 2012 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/67/457/Add.1)] 67/161. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment The General Assembly, Reaffirming that no one shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Recalling that freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is a non-derogable right under international law, including international human rights law and international humanitarian law, that must be respected and protected under all circumstances, including in times of international or internal armed conflict or disturbance or any other public emergency, that the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is affirmed in relevant international instruments and that legal and procedural safeguards against such acts must not be subject to measures that would circumvent this right, Recalling also that the prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm of international law and that international, regional and national courts have recognized the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment as customary international law, Recalling further the definition of torture contained in article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, 1 without prejudice to any international instrument or national legislation which contains or may contain provisions of wider application, Emphasizing the importance of properly interpreting and implementing the obligations of States with respect to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and of abiding strictly by the definition of torture contained in article 1 of the Convention, _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1465, No. 24841. 12-48826 *1248826* Please recycle