Commissions of inquiry 2012, para. 49
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- Article 12 of the Convention against Torture expressly obligates States parties to investigate all allegations of torture, asserting that each State party should ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been committed in any territory under its jurisdiction. In its general comment No. 20, the Human Rights Committee stated that an effective remedy for allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment constituting a violation of article 7 required prompt and impartial investigation by competent authorities. Additionally, the right to an effective remedy established by article 2 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is widely understood to include the obligation to investigate.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2012
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 49
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