Legal Framework

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Articles 7, 10

Read together, these articles establish that detained persons must not only be free from torture and cruel treatment (Article 7) but must also be treated with humanity and dignity in all conditions of detention (Article 10).

Source

https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/international-covenant-civil-and-political-rights

Article

Articles 7, 10