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HRCP hails bill criminalising torture
July 14, 2021
LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) welcomed the passage of the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention and Punishment) Bill 2021, presented in the Senate by Senator Sherry Rehman and supported by the Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari.
Given that the country ratified the Convention against Torture in 2010, this bill was a long overdue step towards criminalising torture, what is regrettably an endemic practice. Ideally, legislation against torture should have been made part of the Pakistan Penal Code. Nonetheless, it is worth-noting that the bill provides a comprehensive definition of torture, includes custodial sexual violence within the ambit of custodial torture, and gives the National Commission for Human Rights jurisdiction to investigate cases of torture once it has set up necessary infrastructure. HRCP remained concerned, however, that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has been given pri
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