The Convention Against Torture Is Adopted
The United Nations adopted the Convention against Torture on December 10, 1984.
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The Event
The United Nations adopted the Convention against Torture on December 10, 1984. The treaty addressed torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
The Wider Story
Its provisions required participating states to take legal and practical measures. Monitoring and accountability depended on ratification and institutional work.
Putting the Event in Perspective
Adoption and entry into force were different stages; the latter came in 1987.
Reading the Historical Record
A historical article should not imply that the treaty's existence ended abusive practices.
About the Historical Recreation
The accompanying visual is an illustrative reconstruction: an international legal conference room in 1984 with closed document folders and distant delegates. It is not authentic archival footage, an eyewitness record or additional evidence for the event.
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