Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

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The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture is a regional human rights treaty adopted within the Organization of American States that defines, prohibits, and establishes mechanisms to combat torture in the Americas.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human rights treaty ⓘ
international convention ⓘ
regional treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy Organization of American States ⓘ
adoptedWithin Inter-American human rights system ⓘ
appliesTo state parties of the Organization of American States ⓘ
basedOn absolute prohibition of torture ⓘ
non-derogable rights ⓘ
defines torture ⓘ
establishes state obligations to investigate torture ⓘ
state obligations to prevent torture ⓘ
state obligations to provide reparations for torture ⓘ
state obligations to punish torture ⓘ
establishesMechanisms contentious jurisdiction of Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
individual petitions before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
international responsibility of states for torture ⓘ
hasEnforcementBody Inter-American Court of Human Rights ⓘ
hasMonitoringBody Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain anti-torture law ⓘ
international human rights law ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
primaryObjective eradicate torture ⓘ
prevent torture ⓘ
punish torture ⓘ
prohibits cruel treatment ⓘ
degrading treatment ⓘ
extradition to risk of torture ⓘ
inhuman treatment ⓘ
refoulement to risk of torture ⓘ
torture ⓘ
use of torture-derived evidence ⓘ
region Americas ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
relatedTo American Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
United Nations Convention against Torture ⓘ
requires criminalization of torture in domestic law ⓘ
effective investigation of torture allegations ⓘ
prosecution of alleged torturers ⓘ
punishment of perpetrators of torture ⓘ
safeguards for persons deprived of liberty ⓘ
training of law enforcement personnel on prohibition of torture ⓘ
subjectMatter prohibition of torture ⓘ
protection of human dignity ⓘ
protection of physical integrity ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inter-American human rights system → coreInstrument → Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture ⓘ
Treaties of the Organization of American States → hasPart → Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture ⓘ
Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos → tieneBaseNormativa → Convención Interamericana para Prevenir y Sancionar la Tortura ⓘ
linked to: Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture