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A/36/426

Report of the Secretary-General.

UN Document Symbol A/36/426
Convention Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Document Type Report of the Secretary-General
Session 36th
Type Document
Description

3 p.

Subjects Torture and Other Cruel Treatment

Extracted Text

UNITED    NATIONS
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
 
Distr. GENERAL
A/36/426
18 September 1981
ENGLISH
ORIGINAL     ENGLISH/FRENCH
 
Thirty-sixth session
Item 91 (a)  of the  provisional  agenda"
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL,   INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Unilateral  declarations of Member States  against  torture and other cruel,   inhuman or degrading  treatment or
punishment
Report  of the  Secretary-General CONTENTS
1.     INTRODUCTION        2
II.     REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVERNMENTS
Bahamas     .        2
Egypt             1

   A/36/150.
 
A/36/426 English ., Page 2
I.     INTRODUCTION
1.    In paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 32/64 of 8 December 1977, the General Assembly called upon all Member State to reinforce their support of the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons free Being Subjected to Torture and other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by making unilateral declarations against torture and other cruel, in human or degrading treatment or punishment, and requested the Secretary-General to inform the General Assembly in annual reports of such unilateral Declarations as might be deposited by Member States.
2.    In conformity With paragraph 9 of resolution  33/178 of 20 December 1978, paragraphs 8 and 9 of resolution 34/167 of 17 December 1979 and paragraph 4 of resolution 35/178 of 15 December 1980, the present report reproduces unilateral declarations received,  as  at  16 September 198l,   from the  following States: Bahamas and Egypt.
II.     REPLIES RECEIVED FROM GOVEREMENTS
BAHAMAS
/Original:     English/ /14 September 1981/
1.       The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas hereby declares  its intention:
(a)    To  comply With the  Declaration on the Protection of All  Persons  from Being Subjected  to Torture and other Cruel,   Inhuman or Degrading Treatment  or Punishment  which was adopted by the General  Assembly on 9 December  1975   in resolution 3452 (XXX).
(b)    To continue to implement as appropriate, through legislation or other effective seizures,  the  provisions or the  said Declaration.
2.       The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas takes this opportunity to point out that  its laws are  in conformity with  the  provisions of  the  Declaration.
 
A/36/426
English
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EGYPT
Original:    French 24 Jane 1981
The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt hereby declares its intention:
(a)    To comply With the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from being Subjected to Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
(b)    To apply the provisions of the said Declaration by legislative and other effective measures.