24/09/2018 (Agence Europe) – The first ministerial meeting of the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade(see EUROPE 11857) was held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday 24 September. The aim was to pave the way for work leading to the development of a binding international convention. "Many countries continue to systematically carry out torture and the death penalty, using products that are traded and shipped internationally, and this is...