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United Nations Convention Against Torture
Why it is in news?
- The alleged custodial death in Tamil Nadu jails has triggered the debate about need for India to ratify United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT)
About UNCAT:
- India has signed UNCAT in 1997 but not yet ratified it.
- The Convention is an international human rights treaty which mandates a global prohibition on torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and creates an instrument to monitor governments and hold them to account.
- The UNCAT was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1984 and came into force on 26 June 1987.
- The absolute prohibition on torture and other acts of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment is also accepted as a principle of customary international law.