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Too many nations failing to investigate torture cases, UN expert says

New York: States must be “primary responders” in torture cases, to end impunity and bring justice on behalf of victims, a UN independent expert told the Human Rights Council on Tuesday. more

UN experts call on South Africa to create torture prevention body

New York: South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and other facilities, UN independent experts on torture prevention said on Monday, c ...

Countries lack commitment to banning torture, rights expert charges

New York: Governments have demonstrated a lack of credible commitment to banning torture and other cruel treatment, according to an independent expert mandated by the UN Human Rights Coun ...

Speak out against torture, an ‘abhorrent denial of human dignity’, urges UN chief

New York: Torture is an “egregious abuse of human rights”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, the International Day in Support of the Victims of Tort ...

UN Committee against Torture issues new guidelines on asylum seekers’ rights

New York, Mar 1 (JEN): New guidelines developed by the United Nations Committee against Torture aim to help Governments avoid violating international human rights law, and to help asylum ...

United States: Planned execution of seriously ill man may amount to torture, warn UN experts

New York, Feb 20 (JEN): Two United Nations human rights experts have urged the Government of the United States to halt the execution a seriously ill person stressing that given his health ...

Torture during interrogations not just wrong but also counterproductive – UN rights chief

New York, Sept 23(Just Earth News): The torture and ill-treatment of persons suspected of crimes is not only “deeply wrong” but, from an interrogator's perspective, also counterproductiv ...

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