What is United Nations Convention Against Torture?
'''Convention against Torture''' is a [[treaty]] of [[international human rights law]] created by [[United Nations]] on December 10 [[1984]] that prohibits all kind of [[torture]], any [[cruel and unusual punishment|cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment]] or treatment harming the person's [[dignity]]. The Convention came into force on [[26 June]] [[1987]]. As of April 2022, 173 countries has [[ratification|ratified]] the Convention. The Convention is supervised by the [[Committee Against Torture (UN)|Committee Against Torture]]. The Convention also has the optional protocol that enables national or [[international organization]] for human rights [[investigator]]s to research the [[prison]]s in a country that ratifies the protocol for knowing if any torture or inhuman treatments or punishments prohibited by the Convention are done.<ref>[http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/OPCAT.aspx Optional Protocol to the Convention against Tourture]</ref> As of April 2022, 91 countries has ratified the protocol. ==Related pages== *[[Torture]] *[[International human rights law]] ==References== <references/> [[Category:Torture]] [[Category:Human rights]] [[Category:International law]]