Legal Framework

Convention Against Torture — Articles 1, 16

Read together, these articles establish a comprehensive prohibition on all forms of state-inflicted suffering, from the most severe acts of torture to lesser forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

Source

https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-against-torture-and-other-cruel-inhuman-or-degrading

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Articles 1, 16