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HRC – Press conference: Special Rapporteur on torture - 03 March 2025
Hostage-taking as torture - annual thematic report to the Human Rights Council of the Special Rapporteur on torture
and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
Speaker:
· Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
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