26 June UN INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE
ABOUT JUNE 26
It was on June 26, 1987 that the United Nation's Convention against Torture first came into force and in 1997, to highlight their plight, the UN General Assembly officially proclaimed June 26 as the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.“ No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for torture.” Article 2, United Nations Convention Against Torture. Only 130 of the 190 UN member states have so far ratified the Convention.
Ending torture needs fresh commitment from UN member states, say experts
The Independent | 24 June, 2017 INDONESIA: Torture occurs repeatedly Scoop | Saturday, 24 June 2017 INDONESIA: Torture occurs repeatedly as perpetrators enjoy impunity AHRC | June 23, 2017 Indonesian Police Accused Of Torturing West Papua Human Rights Commissioner Pacific Islands Report | May 30, 2017 West Papuan human rights commissioner tortured and threatened by the Indonesian police Free West Papua | MAY 26, 2017 Sparing the Rod in Indonesia HRW | May 12, 2017 INDONESIA: Torture continues without effective punishment or remedy ALRC | March 20, 2017 Torture Allegations Shadow Rex Tillerson’s Time at Exxon Mobil Mother Jones | Januari 11, 2017 Torture remains a part of Criminal Law Enforcement in Indonesia ICJR | June 30, 2016 Indonesia: Police chief’s shocking torture admission only tip of iceberg Amnesty International | 21 April 2016 New report tells of murder, kidnapping and torture in West Papua PMC | March 14, 2016 New Catholic report tells stories of murder, kidnapping and torture in West Papua Catholic Leader | March 9, 2016 INDONESIA: Judicial and legal systems have failed to address torture ... AHRC | Februari 25, 2016 No reconciliation without truth Inside Indonesia | Oct-Dec 2015
Paul Lodewijk Krikoff
''It looked like they wanted to terminate us. One of the officers said they would make me into the anchor of the boat.'' Pistol-whipped, kicked, punched, burnt with cigarettes. Forced to eat chillies. Plastic bag put on head until near suffocation. Told to tongue-kiss a fellow prisoner. |
Ending torture needs fresh commitment from every UN Member State – UN experts
OHCHR | GENEVA 23 June 2017 
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United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ▼
Article 1
1. For the purposes of this Convention, the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions.» Read more
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