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

  • Author: UN General Assembly (32nd sess. : 1977)
  • Document source:
    UN General Assembly
  • Date:
    8 December 1977
UN General Assembly (32nd sess. : 1977), Draft Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment., A/RES/32/62, UN General Assembly, 8 December 1977, https://www.refworld.org/legal/resolution/unga/1977/en/5862 [accessed 27 April 2025]
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32. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE THIRD COMMITTEE
62. Draft convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

The General Assembly, Having regard to article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[1] and article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[2] both of which provide that no one may be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Recalling the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, contained in the annex to its resolution 3452 (XXX) of 9 December 1975, Believing that further international efforts are needed to ensure adequate protection for all against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Welcoming in that regard the work that has been done, or is being done, on the basis of General Assembly resolution 3453 (XXX) of 9 December 1975, Considering that a further significant step would be the adoption of an international convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,

1. Requests the Commission on Human Rights to draw up a draft convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in the light of the principles embodied in the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;

2. Further requests the Commission on Human Rights to submit a progress report on its work to the General Assembly at its thirty-third session;

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

98th plenary meeting
8 December 1977
[1] Resolution 217 A (III). [2] Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
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