Selected decisions of the Committee against Torture. Volume 1.

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United Nations. Committee against Torture

Contributor(s):

United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York ; Geneva : United Nations, 2008.ISBN:

9789211541854
9211541859

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DDC classification:

341.483 22

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Also available online. On 20th January 2009 available from the United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights website at : http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/SDecisionsCATVolIen. pdf.Summary: UN publication sales number E 08 XIV4; HR/CAT/PUB/1. The worldwide eradication of the practice of torture was one of the major challenges of the United Nations only a few years after it was created. To ensure adequate protection for all persons against torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the United Nations has, over the years, adopted a number of universally applicable standards. The Committee Against Torture was established to ensure that the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is observed and implemented. The publication reports on the selected decisions of the Committee during its eleventh to thirty-eighth sessions (November 1993-May 2007).

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	KNCHR Library General Stacks	Non-Fiction	KZ7170 .U554 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		MKT02302

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"United Nations publication, sales no. E.08.XIV.8"-- back cover.

Vol. 1 covers 11th-38th sessions (November 1993-May 2007)

UN publication sales number E 08 XIV4; HR/CAT/PUB/1. The worldwide eradication of the practice of torture was one of the major challenges of the United Nations only a few years after it was created. To ensure adequate protection for all persons against torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the United Nations has, over the years, adopted a number of universally applicable standards. The Committee Against Torture was established to ensure that the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is observed and implemented. The publication reports on the selected decisions of the Committee during its eleventh to thirty-eighth sessions (November 1993-May 2007).

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