Difference between revisions of "Representing Victims of Torture"

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* The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 7
 
* The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 7
 
* Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (prohibiting torture in all armed conflicts)
 
* Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 (prohibiting torture in all armed conflicts)
* The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC has particular significance because it provides for jurisdiction over cases where torture is alleged either as part of the crime of genocide or as a crime against humanity, if the torture is committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack, or as a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
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* The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Articles 7-8. The ICC has particular significance because it provides for jurisdiction over cases where torture is alleged either as part of the crime of genocide or as a crime against humanity, if the torture is committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack, or as a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
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* European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Article 3
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* American Convention on Human Rights, Article 5
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* Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish the Crime of Torture, Article 2
  
 
===Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners===
 
===Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners===

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