Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2009, para. 12
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Emphasizes that acts of torture in armed conflict are serious violations of international humanitarian law and in this regard constitute war crimes, that acts of torture can constitute crimes against humanity and that the perpetrators of all acts of torture must be prosecuted and punished;
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations General Assembly
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Personnes concernées
All
Année
2009
Type de paragraphe
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2009), A/RES/64/153, OP 12.