A/HRC/31/57
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 January 2016
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Thirty-first session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Note by the Secretariat
The Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Human Rights Council the report of
the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment, Juan E. Méndez, prepared pursuant to Council resolution 25/13. In the report,
the Special Rapporteur assesses the applicability of the prohibition of torture and other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international law to the unique
experiences of women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.
GE.16-00061(E)
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