United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

A/RES/52/149View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12 Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1998.

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3 subjects

International Days Torture and Other Cruel Treatment Torture Prevention

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Proclaims 26 June United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a view to the total eradication of torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,³ which entered into force on 26 June 1987.

³Resolution 39/46, annex.

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