UN committee: too many states still use torture practices

[JURIST] While the international community has come a long way in enacting legal standards to prevent torture and inhumane punishment, UN Committee Against Torture [official website] Chairperson Claudio Grossman said Tuesday that there are still too many states practicing torture [press release]. He said that while the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [text], which became effective 25 years ago, has made a difference, there are currently 115 cases pending before his committee. Grossman,...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/10/un-committee-too-many-states-still-use-torture-practices.php

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