Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2008, para. 15
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Urges States not to expel, return (“refouler”), extradite or in any other way transfer a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture, and recognizes that diplomatic assurances, where used, do not release States from their obligations under international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, in particular the principle of non-refoulement;
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations General Assembly
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Movement
Personnes concernées
Persons on the move
Année
2008
Type de paragraphe
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2008), A/RES/63/166, OP 15.