International Convention meet to ratify rules on torture on weaker section
The meet said the pervasive existence of torture within India is a crime deserving the fullest condemnation and punishment.
New Delhi: The National Convention against Torture has urged India to ratify International Convention against torture, particularly Dalits and weaker sections of society while in custody, as the issue is pending consideration since 1997.
A meeting of lawyers, doctors, activists, academics and representatives of National Human Rights Commission and National Commission for Backward Classes held on June 26 participants strongly affirmed the repeated demand that India should without further delay ratify the convention.
The meet said the pervasive existence of torture within India is a crime deserving the fullest condemnation and punishment. Torture is a pervasive practice that has to be recognised as such and abolished immediately and completely.
It goes against India’s international obligations and our Constitution and amounts to a denial of the right to a life with dignity. There must always be assured punishment for perpetrators. For those who survive the humiliating ordeal of torture there must be assured restitution, compensation and rehabilitation.
