Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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United Nations treaty international human rights treaty

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is a core United Nations human rights treaty that obliges states to prevent, criminalize, and punish torture and ill-treatment under all circumstances.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Convention against Torture	2
United Nations Convention against Torture	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international human rights treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionDate	1984-12-10 ⓘ
adoptionPlace	New York City ⓘ
allows	individual complaints procedure under Article 22 ⓘ inter-state complaints procedure under Article 21 ⓘ
basedOn	principle of universal jurisdiction for torture in certain cases ⓘ
committeeType	treaty body ⓘ
containsArticle	Article 1 ⓘ Article 2 ⓘ Article 3 ⓘ Article 4 ⓘ
defines	torture in Article 1 ⓘ
depositary	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	1987-06-26 ⓘ
establishes	Committee against Torture ⓘ absolute prohibition of torture ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	legally binding on States parties ⓘ
monitoringBody	Committee against Torture ⓘ
nonDerogableRight	freedom from torture ⓘ
obligesStatesTo	criminalize torture in domestic law ⓘ investigate allegations of torture ⓘ prevent acts of torture ⓘ prevent cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ prosecute or extradite alleged torturers ⓘ provide redress and compensation to victims of torture ⓘ
openedForSignatureDate	1984-12-10 ⓘ
partOf	core United Nations human rights treaties ⓘ
prohibits	invocation of exceptional circumstances as justification for torture ⓘ refoulement to states where there is a risk of torture ⓘ torture under all circumstances ⓘ
regionScope	worldwide ⓘ
relatedInstrument	Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture ⓘ
requires	education and training of law enforcement and custodial personnel on prohibition of torture ⓘ keeping statements obtained under torture inadmissible as evidence except against alleged torturers ⓘ periodic reports by States parties to Committee against Torture ⓘ prompt and impartial investigation of torture complaints ⓘ systematic review of interrogation rules and custody arrangements ⓘ
shortName	CAT ⓘ Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Convention against Torture
subjectMatter	prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ⓘ prohibition of torture ⓘ
UNGAResolutionNumber	39/46 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee against Torture → establishedBy → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention against Torture

United Nations human rights system → includesInstrument → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

Committee against Torture → monitorsImplementationOf → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

United Nations treaty bodies → monitorsTreaty → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture → parentTreaty → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture → relatedTo → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Convention against Torture

International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance → relatedTo → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture → relatesTo → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ

Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment → shortName → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Convention against Torture

Committee against Torture → treatyBasis → Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ⓘ