'International Day Against Torture': Article 14 of constitution denounces torture.

ISLAMABAD -- Human Rights Commission Pakistan (HRCP) organized meeting on Saturday to mark the International Day Against Torture.

The meeting was chaired by HRCP Council Member Nasreen Azhar.

The Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights (PCHR) Executive Director Shafique Chaudhry said that torture was absolutely prohibited in international law.

Pakistan is a state party to various human rights instruments, which explicitly ban torture and call for its absolute prohibition in all its forms and in all circumstances.

Article 14 of the Constitution of Pakistan also condemns torture for purposes of extraction of evidence.

He regretted that although Pakistan had ratified the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT) six years ago but there was till date no domestic legislation that criminalizes torture.

In 2021 the torture and custodial death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill presented by Senator Sherry Rehman was passed by the Upper House, but it has yet to be taken up in the National Assembly, even...

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