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[...] [...] prisoners and to prevent torture and cruel, inhuman ordegrading treatment [...]

(b) To take persistent, determined and effective measures to have all allegations of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degradingtreatment or punishment investigated promptly, effectively and impartially by an independent, competent domestic authority, as well as whenever there is reasonable ground to believe that such an act has been committed; to hold persons who encourage, order, tolerate or perpetrate such acts responsible, to have them brought to justice and punished in a manner commensurate with the gravity of the offence, including the officials in charge of the place of detention where the prohibited act is found to have been committed; and to take note, in this respect, of the Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the updated set of principles for the protection of human rights through action to combat impunity as a useful tool in efforts to prevent and combat torture

[...] challenges raised by international migration to be understood and managed include: concerns over human rights, especially as far as victims of smugglingand trafficking and irregular migrants are concerned; the role of migrant labour in a globalizing economy; the impact of global environmental [...][...]

Equally relevant are the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 12, concerning the obligation of States to eliminate discrimination against women in health care; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 25 (b), which requires that health services be “designed to minimize and prevent further disabilities, including among children and older persons”; and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 7, which prohibits torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and includes the prohibition of medical or scientific experimentation without free consent.

Right to life; torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; arbitrary detention; right to be brought promptly before a judge; right to take proceedings before a court; right to humane treatment and respect for dignity; presumption of innocence; right to be tried without undue delay; right to legal assistance; right not to be compelled to testify against oneself or to confess guilt.

[...] [...] work on the streetsteal,murder and smoke drugs.

International human rights mechanisms have stated that public executions add to the already cruel, inhuman and degradingnature of the penalty and can only have a dehumanizing effect on the victim and a brutalizing effect on those who witness the execution.

These include proposals for the establishment of (a) 13 Safety and Security posts under section 35, comprised of 5 General Service (Other level) posts in Geneva to implement a necessary canine unit and lead crisis management training, and 8 General Service (Local level) posts in Addis Ababa to support the security control centres, (b) 4 General Service (Other level) posts under section 24 to provide administrative and clerical support to the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies, including the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, (c) 2 General Service (Other level) posts to support the International Court of Justice and (d) 2 General Service (Local level) posts in UNTSO to provide transportation services across international borders.

(d) On 11 November 2008, the chief of the village of Kete Sido (central north) was killed with his wife and one of his children when FDPC rebels ambushed a FACA patrol on the Moyenne Sido-Kabo axis.

These included: arbitrary detention; torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; summary and extrajudicial executions; sexual violence, including rape, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation; and other forms of violence grounded in discrimination against women.

[...] victims suffered cruel or degrading treatment, [...][...]

[...] [...] his task, to supply all necessary information requested [...][...]

[...] [...] torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or [...]

The European Union believed that a more determined effort must be made to fight poverty and HIV/AIDS, which were synonymous with denial of rights; the economic, social and cultural rights must be more vigorously promoted through legislation; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment had to be firmly condemned; and all human rights defenders, whom it hailed for working in the face of considerable risk, should be strongly supported.

(a) The specific measures taken to fight impunity for violations of human rights, including disappearances and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment committed by public officials as well as private actors acting with the acquiescence or consent of government officials.

They are also used for poaching for the wildlife trade and in illegal fishing activities, where explosives are often used.

Between 28 June and 15 October 2009 the NGO Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos de Honduras (Committee of the Families of Detained and Disappeared Persons in Honduras, COFADEH) recorded 133 cases of cruel, inhuman or degradingtreatment; 21 cases of serious injury; 453 of injury from beatings; and 211 of injury caused by unconventional weapons.

[...] [...] instances, the use or commissioning of rape and other forms of sexual violence to humiliate, dominate, instil fear and disperse and/or forcibly relocate a population

[...] [...] prevent instances of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

All States countering terrorism must comply with their obligations under international law, in particular by ensuring respect for the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; ensuring that all persons deprived of liberty benefit from the guarantees to which they are entitled under international law, including the review of the detention and other fundamental judicial guarantees; ensuring that no form of deprivation of liberty places a detained person outside the protection of the law; respecting due process obligations and the right to a fair trial; abiding fully by non-refoulement obligations; ensuring legality in the criminalization of acts of terrorism; and respecting the right to an effective remedy.

[...] [...] represent a risk for torture and cruel, inhuman and degradingtreatment in [...][...]

Among the main international instruments recently ratified by Spain are the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (2005), the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (2007) and, more recently, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2009).