EU urges for anti-torture convention

[Judi Lynn]

EU urges for anti-torture convention

Tuesday, June 27, 2006 (Vienna):

The European Union, which has been critical of prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Gharib prison and detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, urged all nations to sign a global convention against torture.

"No culture of impunity is acceptable," the 25-nation bloc warned in a statement coinciding with observances of the United Nations' ninth annual International Day to Support the Victims of Torture on Monday.

"The EU resolves to continue and intensify its own efforts to secure a world free from torture," it said.

The EU also said it condemned any attempt by states or public officials to legalise or acquiesce in such treatment "under any circumstances, including on grounds of national security."
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