International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26 Jun 2011

Filed under: Calendar, Events 2011 — admin @ June 26, 2011 9:00 am

On 12 December 1997, by resolution 52/149, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 26 June the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, with a view to the total eradication of torture and the effective functioning of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, (resolution 39/46), annex, which entered into force on 26 June 1987.



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