Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur 2011, para. 5
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Noting that, under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, torture and inhuman treatment are a grave breach and that, under the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, acts of torture can constitute crimes against humanity and, when committed in a situation of armed conflict, constitute war crimes,
Status juridique
Negotiated soft law
Organe
United Nations Human Rights Council
Type de document
Resolution
Mode d'adoption
Consensus
Thèmes
Civil & Political Rights
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
Personnes concernées
All
Année
2011
Type de paragraphe
PP
Reference
HRC resolution, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: Mandate of the Special Rapporteur (2011), A/HRC/RES/16/23, PP 5.