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International human rights conventions and other legal instruments
(Draft Article 11)
- ICESCR: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- CERD: Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- CAT: Convention Against Torture
- CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child
- ILO Convention 159: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons)
- ILO Recommendation 168: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons)
Related to Draft Article 11, paragraph 1
ICCPR, Article 7, first sentence: No one shall be subjected to torture
or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
CAT, Article 2(1): Each State Party shall take effective legislative,
administrative, judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture
in any territory under its jurisdiction.
CAT, Article 4(1): Each State Party shall ensure that all acts of torture
are offences under its criminal law. The same shall apply to an attempt
to commit torture and to an act by any person which constitutes complicity
or participation in torture.
CAT, Article 16(1): Each State Party shall undertake to prevent in any
territory under its jurisdiction other acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment which do not amount to torture as defined in article
I, when such acts are committed by or at the instigation of or with the
consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in
an official capacity…
CRC, Article 37(a): States Parties shall ensure that: … (a) No child
shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment…
Related to Draft Article 11, paragraph 2
ICCPR, Article 7, second sentence: In particular, no one shall be subjected
without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.
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