Human rights have become increasingly a central issue of the legal structure of society. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the most widely recognized document in the world in regards to human rights *. The focus of this essay will be on the efficiency of the United Nations (UN), in safeguarding the rights of human beings through their political bodies and legislation besides the reaction to the courts’ decisions. In addition to that, the subject of this essay will be on torture.
Torture has been used for thousands of years as a method of punishment or extracting information with the first examples shown in the ancient civilizations of China and Rome *. The use of torture is still today widespread in day as shown by examples such …show more content…
The three main political bodies that hold a connection with torture are the CAT, UDHR and the ICCPR. The ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) is a treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly on 16 December 1966 and entered into force on the 23rd March 1976. The ICCPR has criticized several states for use of the torture, the main state that has been criticised is the US, as they have consistently failed to comply with the provisions of the covenants. An example would be that the second of a five year report, which the US were required to submit, was submitted seven years late. However, the Committee against Torture have addressed this by forming a working group on reports that are overdue. The USA has withal flaunted the ICCPR by peregrinating to mandate indefinite detention under law which is contrary to the ICCPR as the ICCPR verbalized ‘the states part (USA) should immediately cease its practice of secret detention facilities ’ *. However the US have failed to do so. This therefore proves that the ICCPR is impotent against breaches of the …show more content…
This sends a negative message to those who commit the crime of torture, as it shows even if they are caught it will take decades before they are brought to justice. However, one can say that prosecutions (when performed) send a message with authority, along with the fact that the chances of torture being seized have "greatly increased"*.
The committee against torture is a body of ten independent experts that monitors states compliance with the Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and penalization. All state parties must submit conventional reports to the committee exhibiting compliance with the convention. The committee withal sanctions for people to bring their case afore the committee, however there are constraints to this; such as, all national remedies must be exhausted; this tenet is set up to stem the stream of cases that would some way or another pour in. However, it must be stated that many countries around the world are extemporary to follow up on actions against their public officials and will rather bulwark them from scrutiny to sustain the country image. The committee also allows for states to bring actions against a state party that is in breach of the convention, these are known as inter-state complaints *. A case of this is the US endeavouring to bring a
Torture has been used for thousands of years as a method of punishment or extracting information with the first examples shown in the ancient civilizations of China and Rome *. The use of torture is still today widespread in day as shown by examples such …show more content…
The three main political bodies that hold a connection with torture are the CAT, UDHR and the ICCPR. The ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) is a treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly on 16 December 1966 and entered into force on the 23rd March 1976. The ICCPR has criticized several states for use of the torture, the main state that has been criticised is the US, as they have consistently failed to comply with the provisions of the covenants. An example would be that the second of a five year report, which the US were required to submit, was submitted seven years late. However, the Committee against Torture have addressed this by forming a working group on reports that are overdue. The USA has withal flaunted the ICCPR by peregrinating to mandate indefinite detention under law which is contrary to the ICCPR as the ICCPR verbalized ‘the states part (USA) should immediately cease its practice of secret detention facilities ’ *. However the US have failed to do so. This therefore proves that the ICCPR is impotent against breaches of the …show more content…
This sends a negative message to those who commit the crime of torture, as it shows even if they are caught it will take decades before they are brought to justice. However, one can say that prosecutions (when performed) send a message with authority, along with the fact that the chances of torture being seized have "greatly increased"*.
The committee against torture is a body of ten independent experts that monitors states compliance with the Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and penalization. All state parties must submit conventional reports to the committee exhibiting compliance with the convention. The committee withal sanctions for people to bring their case afore the committee, however there are constraints to this; such as, all national remedies must be exhausted; this tenet is set up to stem the stream of cases that would some way or another pour in. However, it must be stated that many countries around the world are extemporary to follow up on actions against their public officials and will rather bulwark them from scrutiny to sustain the country image. The committee also allows for states to bring actions against a state party that is in breach of the convention, these are known as inter-state complaints *. A case of this is the US endeavouring to bring a