International Day in Support of Victims of Torture 2013, June 26

 ° Международный день в поддержку жертв пыток, 26 июня.
 ° Día Internacional de las Naciones Unidas en Apoyo de las Víctimas de la Tortura, 26 de junio. 
 °Journée internationale pour le soutien aux victimes de la torture, 26 juin.
 ° International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June.
 ° 支持酷刑受害者国际日, 6月26日
 ° اليوم الدولي لمساندة ضحايا التعذيب

United Nations Secretary-General's Message for 2013

As we mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, I call on Member States to step up efforts to assist all those who have suffered from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 
This year is also the 25th anniversary of the Committee against Torture. This body -- along with other UN human rights mechanisms such as the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and the Special Rapporteur on Torture -- is vital to strengthening a victim-oriented approach that also includes a gender perspective. This effort was further strengthened by the adoption this year of a UN Human Rights Council resolution focussing on the rehabilitation of torture victims.
I urge all Member States to accede to and fully implement the Convention against Torture and support the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.  Let us work together to end torture throughout the world and ensure that countries provide reparation for victims.

Ban Ki-moon

 

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Resources : United Nations Radio

1. Security Council condemns cases of torture and mistreatment in illegal detention centres in Libya | 

2013-06-21 13:07:12
2. 93,000 people killed in Syria conflict | 2013-06-13 06:20:51
3. Syrian children pay high price for conflict, says UN official | 2013-06-12 16:54:18
4. Malian security forces and rebels committed gross human rights violations | 2013-06-12 09:21:23
5. 5,000 Palestinians in Israeli detention suffer inhuman and degrading treatment | 2013-06-10 08:52:27
6. UN rights experts seek assurances that Russian NGO's will not face reprisals | 2013-06-06 09:04:28
7. 4,000 Eritreans fleeing human rights violations every month | 2013-06-05 09:41:26
8. Syrian civilians continue to suffer from conflict, says head of UN panel |2013-06-04 10:04:31
9. China deports minors back to North Korea |2013-05-31 10:34:02
10. Bloodshed and suffering in Syria are intolerable, says UN human rights chief | 2013-05-27 08:53:14

11. End violence and discrimination against gays and lesbians |2013-05-17 08:2112. Human Rights chief urges an end to gross crimes in Syria |2013-05-14 16:18:06
13. ICC mandate still essential to ending impunity in Libya | 2013-05-08 12:51:21
14. UN to investigate possible crimes against humanity in DPRK | 2013-05-07 09:17:22
15. Insecurity hampering UN aid efforts in Central African Republic: Amos | 2013-05-06 12:25:42
16. UNHCR warns against forcible returns to CAR amid violence and abuses | 2013-04-30 09:01:31
17. Over 30,000 refugees and migrants have arrived in Yemen this year |  2013-04-26 09:38:19

18. UN expert on torture disappointed after Bahrain visit postponed | 2013-04-24 11:14:12

19. Ethiopian migrants face hardships in Yemen | 2013-04-19 12:49:21
20. UN appeals to Iraq to halt prisoner executions | 2013-04-19 09:20:39
21. UN calls for an end to violations and lawlessness in Central African Republic | 2013-04-16

22. UN Observes International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade | 2013-04-05 09:15:48
23. Human Rights Council criticizes Sri Lanka's human rights record | 2013-03-21 09:54:19
24. UN human rights office shocked by video of torture in Fiji | 2013-03-15 15:11:31
25. Human rights experts express outrage at execution of seven men in Saudi Arabia | 2013-03-13 14:33:22
26. UN expert raises alarm over increased degree of seriousness of human rights violations | 2013-03-12

27. Inquiry needed into crimes against humanity in DPRK | 2013-03-11 11:12:19

28. Medical care in Syria used as 'tactic of war' says UN Commission of Inquiry | 2013-03-11 09:04:50

29. UN human rights office shocked by video of torture in Fiji | 2013-03-08 11:53:24

30. US to be called to account over Bush-era CIA terrorism programme | 2013-03-05 13:12:29

31. UN concerned about death of a Palestinian detainee | 2013-02-25 15:18:26

32. A growing trend of sorcery accusations in Papua New Guinea |  2013-02-21 17:53:03

33. Pillay urges justice for past rights abuses in Haiti |2013-02-21 10:20:43
34. All parties becoming increasingly reckless with human life, says Syria inquiry | 2013-02-18 12:06:06
35. On the ground mission to investigate human rights abuses in Mali | 2013-02-15 11:32:34
36. Atrocious rape and murder shows need for comprehensive approach to sexual violence in South Africa: Human Rights chief | 2013-02-08 13:30:21

37. A growing trend of sorcery accusations in Papua New Guinea | 2013-02-08 12:25:18

38. UN Human Rights Office calls for government intervention following Papua New Guinea sorcery killing | 2013-02-08 09:41:56

39. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for an end to the violence in Egypt | 2013-01-29 12:02:04

40. Refugee kidnappings on the rise in eastern Sudan | 2013-01-25 12:29:15

41. Detainees are tortured in Afghanistan, says UN report | United Nations Radio  2013-01-21 13:19:15

42. Report details human rights violations in Mali | United Nations Radio 2013-01-18 11:23:58

43. Terrorism under spotlight in Security Council | United Nations Radio 2013-01-18 00:22:23

44. Human Rights Commissioner calls for inquiry into North Korea abuses |2013-01-14 11:21:32

45. Call for international inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea | 2013-01-14 11:08:12

46. UN human rights office regrets decision of Bahrain's highest court | United Nations Radio