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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 7
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- Recalling its resolution 71/256 of 23 December 2016, entitled “New Urban Agenda”, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held from 17 to 20 October 2016 in Quito, which promotes equitable and affordable access to sustainable basic physical and social infrastructure for all, without discrimination, including safe drinking water and sanitation,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 7
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- Noting that, under the Geneva Conventions of 1949, torture and inhuman treatment are a grave breach and that, under the statute of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, the statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 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,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 17
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- Emphasizes that conditions of detention must respect the dignity and human rights of persons deprived of their liberty, highlights the importance of reflecting on this in efforts to promote respect for and protection of the rights of persons deprived of their liberty, calls upon States to address and prevent detention conditions amounting to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, notes in this regard concerns about solitary confinement, and encourages States to take effective measures to address overcrowding in detention facilities, which may have an impact on the dignity and human rights of persons deprived of their liberty;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 42
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- Calls upon all States to cooperate with and assist the Special Rapporteur in the performance of his tasks, to supply all necessary information requested by him, to fully and expeditiously respond to and follow up on his urgent appeals, to give serious consideration to responding favourably to requests by him to visit their countries and to enter into a constructive dialogue with him on requested visits to their countries as well as with respect to the follow-up to his recommendations;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 20
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- Urges States, as an important element in preventing and combating torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, to ensure that no authority or official orders, applies, permits or tolerates any sanction, reprisal, intimidation or other prejudice against any person, group or association, including persons deprived of their liberty, for contacting, seeking to contact or having been in contact with any national or international monitoring or preventive body active in the prevention and combating of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 12
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- Stresses the need to increase sustainable agricultural production and productivity globally, noting the diversity of agricultural conditions and systems, including by improving and aiming to ensure the functioning of markets and trading systems and strengthening international cooperation, particularly for developing countries, and by increasing responsible public and private investment in sustainable agriculture, land management and rural development, as well as collaboration in science, technology and innovation, and notes that the benefit of such public and private investment and engagement should also reach, where appropriate, local smallholders in appropriate knowledge management systems and communications systems with regard to promoting food security, improving nutrition outcomes and reducing inequality;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 30
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- Stresses the need to continue to strengthen cooperation and coordination among the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the regional commissions and all other relevant entities of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions and international trade and economic institutions, including with the support of the Secretary-General’s High-level Task Force on Global Food and Nutrition Security in accordance with their respective mandates, in order to increase their effectiveness, as well as to strengthen cooperation with non?governmental organizations and the public and private sectors in promoting and strengthening efforts towards sustainable agriculture development, food security and nutrition;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 5
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- Also emphasizes that States must take persistent, determined and effective measures to prevent and combat all acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, stresses that all acts of torture must be made offences under national criminal law punishable by appropriate penalties that take into account their grave nature, and calls upon States to prohibit under national law acts constituting cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 41
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- Takes note, in particular, of the collaboration between practitioners, experts and other relevant stakeholders on the elaboration of a set of universal standards for non-coercive interviewing methods and procedural safeguards aimed at operationalizing the presumption of innocence, improving effective policing and ensuring that no person is subjected to torture, ill-treatment or coercion during questioning;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 22
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- Calls upon States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to fulfil their obligation to submit for prosecution or extradite those alleged to have committed acts of torture, regardless of where such acts were committed, if the alleged offender is present in any territory under their jurisdiction, and encourages other States also to do so, bearing in mind the need to fight impunity;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 38
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- Calls upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in conformity with his mandate established by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, to continue to provide, at the request of States, advisory services for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including for the preparation of national reports to the Committee and for the establishment and operation of national preventive mechanisms, as well as technical assistance for the development, production and distribution of teaching materials for this purpose, and to provide the support necessary to enable the Subcommittee to provide advice and assistance to States parties to the Optional Protocol;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 45
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- Recognizes the global need for international assistance to victims of torture, stresses the importance of the work of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture, appeals to all States and organizations to contribute annually to the Fund, preferably with a substantial increase in the level of contributions, and welcomes the establishment of and encourages contributions to the Special Fund established by the Optional Protocol to support the implementation of the recommendations made by the Subcommittee and of educational programmes by the national preventive mechanisms;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Education
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 14
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- Emphasizes that States shall keep under systematic review interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices, as well as arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment in any territory under their jurisdiction, and stresses the importance of the development of domestic guidelines on the conduct of interrogations, with a view to preventing any cases of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 9
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- Taking note of the launching of the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- 2017
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The human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation 2017, para. 9
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- Also reaffirms that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full realization of all human rights and to endeavour to take steps, individually and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical cooperation, to the maximum of their available resources, with a view to progressively achieving the full realization of the rights to safe drinking water and sanitation by all appropriate means, including, in particular, the adoption of legislative measures;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Water & Sanitation
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 10
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- Welcoming the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance, held in New York on 21 September 2016, and its political declaration, as set out in resolution 71/3 of 5 October 2016, in which the Assembly reaffirmed the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance, developed by the World Health Organization in collaboration with, and subsequently adopted by, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Organization for Animal Health,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 25
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- Recognizes that, by 2050, the world urban population is expected to nearly double, making urbanization one of the most transformative trends of the twenty-first century, underscoring the growing need to take action to fight hunger and malnutrition among the urban poor through promoting the integration of the food security and nutrition needs of urban residents, in particular the urban poor, in urban and territorial planning, to end hunger and malnutrition, promoting the coordination of sustainable food security and agriculture policies across urban, peri?urban and rural areas to facilitate the production, storage, transport and marketing of food to consumers in adequate and affordable ways, to reduce food losses and to prevent and reuse food waste, and promoting the coordination of food policies with energy, water, health, transport and waste and other policies in urban areas to maximize efficiencies and minimize waste;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
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- 2017
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Agriculture development, food security and nutrition 2017, para. 26
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- Reaffirms the need to strive for a comprehensive twin-track approach to food security and nutrition that consists of direct action to immediately tackle hunger for the most vulnerable and medium- and long-term sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition and rural development programmes to eliminate the root causes of hunger and poverty, including through the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Food & Nutrition
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Poverty
- Personnes concernées
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- 2017
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Persons with albinism 2017, para. 15
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- Recognizing that access to full and productive employment and decent work is an important aspect of participation in social and economic life,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Equality & Inclusion
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- All
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 7
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- 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, stresses the importance of effective legal and procedural safeguards in this regard, and recognizes that diplomatic assurances, where given, do not release States from their obligations under international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, in particular the principle of non-refoulement;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Humanitarian
- Movement
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 10
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- Calls upon all States to adopt and implement effective measures to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular in the context of the use of force by law enforcement officials and in places of detention and other places where persons are deprived of their liberty, including legal and procedural safeguards, as well as to ensure that the competent judicial or disciplinary authorities and, where relevant, the prosecution can effectively ensure compliance with such safeguards;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 18
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- Welcomes the establishment of national preventive mechanisms to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, urges States to consider establishing, appointing, maintaining or enhancing independent and effective mechanisms that have experts with the required capabilities and professional knowledge to undertake monitoring visits to places of detention, inter alia, with a view to preventing acts of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and calls upon States parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to fulfil their obligation to designate or establish national preventive mechanisms that are truly independent, properly resourced and effective;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 26
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- Emphasizes that it is important for law enforcement officials to be able to play their role in safeguarding the right not to be subjected to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and for States to ensure the proper functioning of the criminal justice system, in particular by taking effective measures to combat corruption, establish proper legal aid programmes and provide for the adequate selection, training and remuneration of law enforcement officials;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 3
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- Recalling that freedom from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is a non-derogable right under international law, including international human rights law and international humanitarian law, which must be respected and protected under all circumstances, including in times of international or internal armed conflict or disturbance or any other public emergency, that the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment is affirmed in relevant international instruments and that legal and procedural safeguards against such acts must not be subject to measures that would circumvent this right,
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 4
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- Emphasizes that acts of torture or inhuman treatment are grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, that acts of torture and cruel treatment 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, 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;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 13
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- Calls upon States to include education and information regarding the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in the training of law enforcement personnel and other personnel authorized to resort to force or who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment, which may include training on the use of force, all available modern scientific methods for the investigation of crimes and the critical importance of reporting instances of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to superior authorities;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 21
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- Also urges States to ensure accountability for any act of sanction, reprisal, intimidation or other form of unlawful prejudicial conduct against any person, group or association, including persons deprived of their liberty, for cooperating, seeking to cooperate or having cooperated with any national or international monitoring or preventive body active in the prevention and combating of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, by ensuring impartial, prompt, independent and thorough investigations of any alleged act of sanction, reprisal, intimidation or other form of unlawful prejudicial conduct; to bring the perpetrators to justice; to provide access to effective remedies for victims, in accordance with their international human rights obligations and commitments; and to prevent any recurrence;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 16
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- Reminds all States that prolonged incommunicado detention or detention in secret places can facilitate the perpetration of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and can in itself constitute a form of such treatment, and urges all States to respect the safeguards concerning the liberty, security and dignity of the person and to ensure that prolonged incommunicado detention and secret places of detention and interrogation are abolished;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 1
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- Condemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and non-derogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- 2017
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Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 2017, para. 46
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- Requests the Secretary-General to continue to transmit to all States the appeals of the General Assembly for contributions to the Funds, to include the Funds, on an annual basis, among the programmes for which funds are pledged at the United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities, and to submit to the Human Rights Council, and to the General Assembly at its seventy-third and seventy-fourth sessions, a report on the operations of the Funds;
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- United Nations General Assembly
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- Resolution
- Thèmes
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Personnes concernées
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- 2017
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