torture

Economic and Social Council recommends adoption of anti-torture protocol

25 July 2002
A draft optional protocol to the world’s major anti-torture pact aimed at allowing experts to visit prisons has been endorsed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) following two rounds of voting on the matter.

UN approves grants totalling some $7.8 million to assist torture victims

15 July 2002
The United Nations today announced the allocation of grants totalling some $7.8 million to organizations supporting survivors of torture.