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  • Convention Against Torture

    Laws Against Torture: Convention Against TortureIntroduction to Convention Against TortureIn 1984 the UN adopted the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). The convention went into effect in 1987. CAT defined torture as the i…

  • Protocol Number 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman

    Protocol Number 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman   Article 1 In Article 5, paragraph 3, the second sentence shall read as follows: “They may be re-elected twice.” Article 5 of the Convention shall be supplemented by the following paragraphs 4 and 5: “In order to ensure that, as…

  • Protocol Number 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman

    Protocol Number 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman   Article 1 A sub-paragraph shall be added to Article 5, paragraph 1, of the Convention as follows: “Where a member is to be elected to the Committee in respect of a non-member State of the Council of Europe, the Bureau…

  • European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman 2

    European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman   Article 11 1 The information gathered by the Committee in relation to a visit, its report and its consultations with the Party concerned shall be confidential. 2 The Committee shall publish its report, together with any comments of the Party concerned, whenever requested to do…

  • European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman

    European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman   Chapter I Article 1 There shall be established a European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”). The Committee shall, by means of visits, examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty…

  • Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

    Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture   Article 1 The State Parties undertake to prevent and punish torture in accordance with the terms of this Convention. Article 2 For the purposes of this Convention, torture shall be understood to be any act intentionally performed whereby physical or mental pain or suffering is inflicted on…

  • Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

    Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture   Article 1 The State Parties undertake to prevent and punish torture in accordance with the terms of this Convention. Article 2 For the purposes of this Convention, torture shall be understood to be any act intentionally performed whereby physical or mental pain or suffering is inflicted on…

  • Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4

    Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment   Article 23 The members of the Committee, and of the ad hoc conciliation commissions which may be appointed under article 21, paragraph 1 (e), shall be entitled to the facilities, privileges and immunities of experts on missions for the United Nations as…

  • Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 3

    Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment   Article 19 1. The States Parties shall submit to the Committee, through the Secretary- General of the United Nations, reports on the measures they have taken to give effect to their undertakings under this Convention, within one year after the entry into…

  • Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 2

    Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment   Article 9 1. States Parties shall afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in connection with civil proceedings brought in respect of any of the offences referred to in article 4, including the supply of all evidence at their disposal necessary…

  • Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

    Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment   Part I Article 1 1. For the purposes of this Convention, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such […]

  • European Convention on Human Rights

    Introduction The European Convention on Human Rights was a reaction against the horrific abuses of human rights that took place before and during the Second World War, followed by further abuses occurring within the newly formed Communist block. These led, in 1949, due in part to the […]

  • Fear of Torture

    Extradition of Fugitive Alleging Fear of Torture in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On February 28, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the government's petition for […]

  • Fear of Torture

    Extradition of Fugitive Alleging Fear of Torture in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On February 28, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted the government's petition for […]

  • Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions

    Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocols I and II Article 3 In the case of armed conflict not of an international character occurring in the territory of one of the High Contracting Parties, each Party to the conflict…