A/RES/80/198 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 22 December 2025 Eightieth session Agenda item 71 (a) Promotion and protection of human rights: implementation of human rights instruments Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2025 [on the report of the Third Committee (A/80/545, para. 5)] 80/198. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment The General Assembly, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Reaffirming also 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, which must be respected and protected under all circumstances, including in times of international and non‑international armed conflict or internal disturbances and tensions 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 without territorial limitation and that international, regional and domestic 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 and the obligation of States to abide strictly by the definition of torture contained in article 1, without prejudice to any international instrument or national _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1465, No. 24841. 25-20949 (E) *2520949*