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10. Calls upon States to ensure accountability for acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and in this regard stresses that the competent domestic authority must promptly, effectively, independently and impartially investigate all allegations of such acts and wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that such acts have been committed and that those who encourage, order, tolerate

Calls upon States to ensure accountability for acts of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and stresses that the competent domestic authority must promptly, effectively, independently and impartially investigate all allegations of such acts and wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that such acts have been committed and that those who encourage, order, tolerate or perpetrate

65.77. Take all appropriate steps to prevent the arbitrary arrest, torture and other ill treatment of those exercising their fundamental rights to, inter alia, freedom of expression or opinion and

65.82. Start a reform of the armed forces, and take all measures necessary to combat impunity, in particular by establishing independent inquiry commissions that are transparent and

We call upon States to promote and protect effectively the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all migrants regardless of migration status, especially those of women and children, and to address international migration through international, regional or bilateral cooperation and dialogue and a comprehensive and balanced approach, recognizing the roles and responsibilities of countries of origin, transit and destination in

For example, staff members in the Appeals Division have now assumed responsibility

Noting with concern measures that can undermine human rights and the rule of law, such as the detention of persons suspected of acts of terrorism in the absence of a legal basis for detention and due process guarantees, the deprivation of liberty that amounts to placing a detained person outside the protection of the law, the

In closing, as noted during the statement delivered by the State of Kuwait on behalf of the Arab Group during the recent Security Council debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, which was held on 14 April 2010, I wish to reiterate that Israel’s illegal practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory reveal the height of impunity and hypocrisy by the occupying Power, which, as illustrated by the recent military order and other colonization practices, is clearly seeking to displace and expel more Palestinian civilians from their own homeland, while at the same time transferring more and more Israeli settlers to the West Bank, particularly to settlements in and around

The considerations that would affect this timeline would include: negotiations between the Somali authorities and the host State for the establishment of the court; the need for a Somali constitutional and legislative basis for the extraterritorial court; the need for Somali criminal and procedural legislation for the conduct of piracy prosecutions; negotiations between naval States, the Somali

Constant engagements by the Malaysian Government with various international organizations such as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and civil

In the light of the imminent closure of the Tribunal, the insufficient level of cooperation volunteered by Member States, the human rights implications of the delayed relocation of acquitted

The SPT considers that the proper recording of deprivation of liberty is one of the fundamental safeguards against ill-treatment, as well as a prerequisite for effective exercise of due process rights,

While the International Tribunals have played an important role by providing a direct form of accountability for perpetrators of gender-based crimes, it is critical that States recognize their

These included (a) deployment of three staff to Haiti (twice) to support the country office in developing its risk management strategy shortly after the earthquake in January 2010; (b) secondment of one senior auditor to the Change Management Office to act as the global risk management focal point; (c) holding of risk and control

OIA provided support to a number of organization-wide initiatives such as the new accountability framework, organizational performance management and enterprise risk management — and for the establishment of a security framework for SAP.1