{"id":6373,"date":"2018-06-26T08:05:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T08:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2021-12-15T08:07:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T08:07:04","slug":"criminalize-custodial-torture-now-hrcp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/criminalize-custodial-torture-now-hrcp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Criminalize custodial torture now\u2019: HRCP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Press release<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Criminalize custodial torture now\u2019: HRCP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lahore<\/strong><strong>, <\/strong><strong>26 June 2018<\/strong>. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has urged the state to take measures to implement the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT)\u2014to which Pakistan is a signatory. In a statement issued on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, HRCP has reiterated its disappointment at the fact that \u2018Pakistan has yet to define and criminalize custodial torture in compliance with UNCAT, and to make remedies and reparations available to victims of torture.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As members of civil society, we must re-initiate the social debate and political discourse on the importance of eradicating and prohibiting torture under all circumstances to refute the general belief that it is an admissible and effective means of interrogation or punishment. Law enforcement agencies also need greater support in terms of training, resources and access to modern, scientific methods of investigation to replace the prevailing culture in which the means are seen to justify the end. At the same time, there must be a system of democratic accountability for state personnel involved in torture.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We strongly urge the state to revisit the Torture, Custodial Death and Custodial Rape (Prevention and Punishment) bill passed by the Senate in 2015 \u2013 which was, regrettably, allowed to lapse \u2013 and to ratify the Optional Protocol to UNCAT and establish a corresponding national preventative mechanism. The right to protection against cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment applies in <em>all<\/em> circumstances, with no exceptions whatsoever. 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