A/68/295
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
9 August 2013
Original: English
Sixty-eighth session
Item 69 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: implementation
of human rights instruments
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 of the Human Rights Council on torture and
other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez,
submitted in accordance with Assembly resolution 67/161.
* A/68/150.
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