Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2013, para. 16
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, and in this regard notes the efforts of the International Criminal Court to end impunity by seeking to ensure accountability and punishment of perpetrators of such acts, in accordance with the Rome Statute,3 bearing in mind its principle of complementarity, and encourages States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Rome Statute;
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations General Assembly
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Personnes concernées
All
Année
2013
Type de paragraphe
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (2013), A/RES/68/156, OP 16.