The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in December 1948 declares in Article 5 that:
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Torture & Terrorism: International Conventions Against Torture
From Amy Zalman, Ph.D., former About.com Guide
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- Torture & Terrorism: What International Conventions Say about Torture
- 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- 1948 European Convention on Human Rights
- 1955 Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
- 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- 1969 American Convention on Human Rights
- 1975 World Medical Association Declaration of Tokyo
- 1975 Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Tortture
- 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
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