Custodial Torture and International Best Practices

Image Source: OMCT SOS-Torture Network, Pakistan takes first step towards making torture a crime < https://www.omct.org/en/resources/statements/pakistan-takes-the-first-step-towards-making-torture-a-crime > accessed 31 January 2023. Introduction Under International Law, acts such as cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are considered ‘torture’[1] and are strictly prohibited under the primary international human rights instruments, namely, (the 1975 UN Declaration against […]

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