Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in Relation to Detention and Imprisonment

A/RES/3453(XXX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1976.

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2 versions · 1975–1976

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1976	A/RES/3453(XXX)	Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in relation to detention and imprisonment	685	15%Compare
1975	A/RES/3218(XXIX)	Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in relation to detention and imprisonment	1,716	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Codes of Conduct Detained Persons Law Enforcement Officials Principles Prisoner Treatment Torture and Other Cruel Treatment

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders far the elaboration of the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Otber Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;

Requests the Commission on Human Rights at its thirty-second session to study the question of torture and any necessary steps for:

Ensuring .the effeotive observance of the Declaration on the Protection of Ali Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Otber Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;

( b) The formulation of a body of principies for the protection of all persons under any form. ->f detention or imprisonment on tbe basis of the Study of the Right of Everyone to be Free from Arbitrary Arrest, Detention and Exile36 and the draft principies on freedom from arbifrary arrest and detention contained therein;

Requests the Commit~ on Crime Prevention and Control to elaborate, on the basis of, inter alia, the proposals submitted to and conclusions arrived at by the Fifth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, a draft code of conduct for law enforcement officials and to submit this draft code to the General Assembly at its thirtysecond session, through the Comm.ission for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council;

Invites the World Healtb Organization to give

further attention to the study and elaboration of principies of medica! ethics relevant to the protection of persons subjected to any form of detention or imprisonment against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punisbment;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-first session an item entitled "Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punisbment" for the purpose of reviewing the progress achieved in accordance with the present resolution.

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