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Anti-torture treaties

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Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

international human rights instruments

Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War

1929 treaty covering the treatment of prisoners of war during World War II

Committee Against Torture

UN body of human rights experts

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

treaty and international human rights law

Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

international human rights instruments

Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture

1985 treaty created to prevent torture