NCJ Number
35503
Date Published
1973
Length
32 pages
Annotation
REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE, WHICH WAS ATTENDED BY 300 DELEGATES AND OBSERVERS FROM 40 NATIONS.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARE SUMMARIES OF REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE FOUR COMMISSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE. THESE COMMISSIONS DEALT WITH THE PROBLEM OF IDENTIFYING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS RESPONSIBLE, THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL FACTORS AFFECTING TORTURE, INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING TORTURES, AND THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TORTURE. A DECLARATION OF THE CONFERENCE CALL UPON ALL NATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF A UNITED NATIONS RESOLUTION IN THEIR OWN LAWS AND PRACTICES WHICH FORBIDS THE USE OF TORTURE.