Other General Comments on the issue of torture have been issued by the Committee on
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. These General Comments
are as follows:
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CESCR – General Comment No. 14: the right to the highest attainable standard of health
(Article 12);
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HRC – General Comment No. 20: prohibition of torture and cruel treatment or
punishment (Article 7);
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HRC – General Comment No. 24: reservations made upon ratification or accession to the
Covenant or the Optional Protocols thereto, or in relation to declarations under Article 41
of the Covenant;
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HRC – General Comment No. 29: derogations during a State of emergency (Article 4);
•
HRC – General Comment No. 31: the nature of the general legal obligation imposed on
States Parties to the Covenant; and
•
CEDAW Committee – General Comment No. 19: violence against women.
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