High Commissioner for Human Rights Welcomes New Anti-Torture Treaty; Calls on All States to become Party
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour welcomed the entry into force today of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as a milestone in the fight against torture and impunity.
"The Optional Protocol is a fundamental safeguard which will provide fuller means to make the promise of the Convention against Torture a practical reality", she said. "The monitoring mechanisms, both national and international, established in the Optional Protocol are critical new methods of ensuring the protection of detainees around the world against all forms of mistreatment".
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/72D3BC54EE12C1E0C125719400569512?opendocument
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Please also see:
Landmark new protocol to enhance UN anti-torture treaty enters into force http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18958&Cr=torture&Cr1=
States agree to spot checks of detention centres
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/stoptorture-210606-features-eng
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"The Optional Protocol is a fundamental safeguard which will provide fuller means to make the promise of the Convention against Torture a practical reality", she said. "The monitoring mechanisms, both national and international, established in the Optional Protocol are critical new methods of ensuring the protection of detainees around the world against all forms of mistreatment".
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/72D3BC54EE12C1E0C125719400569512?opendocument
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (photo source)
http://www.ohchr.org
Please also see:
Landmark new protocol to enhance UN anti-torture treaty enters into force http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=18958&Cr=torture&Cr1=
States agree to spot checks of detention centres
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/stoptorture-210606-features-eng
(For clarity, please click the photo.)