A/HRC/28/68
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 March 2015
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
Juan E. Méndez*
Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur focuses on children deprived of their
liberty from the perspective of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment.
In the report, the Special Rapporteur explores the international legal framework and
standards protecting children deprived of their liberty from being subjected to torture or
other ill-treatment and from experiencing developmentally harmful and torturous
conditions of confinement. He also examines specific statutes and standards applying to
prevent torture and ill-treatment of children deprived of liberty, and shortcomings in the
practical implementation of legal standards.
*
Late submission.
GE.15-04337 (E)