GENEVA: The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has expressed concern over reports about torture against Russian prisoners of w...
GENEVA: The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has expressed concern over reports about torture against Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine, according to a press release issued after the committee’s session.
"The Committee expressed concern over reports of torture, ill-treatment, and other violations against Russian prisoners of war by Ukrainian forces," the document reads. "It underscored that the prohibition of torture is absolute and non-derogable, that no exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification of torture and that the obligations stemming from this prohibition were not subject to reciprocity, and reminded Ukraine of its obligations under international humanitarian and human rights law."
The committee called on Ukraine’s authorities "to guarantee fundamental legal safeguards for all detainees from the outset of deprivation of liberty, including the right to request and receive a medical examination by an independent doctor, free of charge, or a doctor of their choice, conducted out of hearing and sight of police officers, unless the doctor concerned explicitly requests otherwise."
The 82nd session of the UN Committee against Torture was held from April 7 through May 2. The committee’s experts discussed the situation in Armenia, Monaco, Turkmenistan, France, Mauritius, and Ukraine. The committee is comprised of ten independent experts who are in charge of monitoring the implementation of member states’ obligations under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
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