The complicity of medical personnel in such practices represents a gross contravention of the UN principles of medical ethics for health personnel, particularly medical doctors who engage, actively or passively, in acts of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment", he added.
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CID stands for Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading (treatment)
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The SIU was established with the mandate to investigate claims of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, officials said.
The purpose of the memorandum is to strengthen protection against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, explained Ombudsman.
Speaking at the opening, in Rabat, of the high level Conference on "the role of human rights national institutions in preventing torture in Africa," El Hiba recalled, in this regard, that Morocco had signed the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on January 18, 1986 and ratified the same Convention on June 21, 1993.
Speaking at the opening, in Rabat, of the high level Conference on "the role of human rights national institutions in preventing torture in Africa," El Hiba recalled, in this regard, that Morocco had signed the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on January 18, 1986 and ratified the same Convention on June 21, 1993.
The European Union Sunday underlined its resolve to intensify its efforts to secure a world free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment "Torture is an abomination of our humanity, our dignity and our values - wherever and however it happens, torture is wrong," said EU High Representative Catherine Ashton in a statement to mark UN International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture today.