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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8982

2 July 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/torture
Presidency calls for ratification of Protocol to Convention against Torture establishing prison visit mechanism

Brussels, 01/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - On the occasion of the eighth United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, on 26 June, the Luxembourg Presidency stresses in a declaration on behalf of the European Union “the priority which it attaches to the global eradication of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and to the full rehabilitation of torture victims”. The declaration continues: “The EU recalls that there is an absolute...

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