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What does it
cover?
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Different
contexts in each regional treaty and in
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national
legislations
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Universally
applicable interpretation is as
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obligation
underlying International Covenant on
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Civil and
Political Rights Article 7 (torture and
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CIDT)
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Broad
construction of Article 7, for example to prohibit
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corporal
punishment as disciplinary or educational
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measure
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Can be usable
now to reinforce right to free and
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informed
consent, and begin to address medical
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intervention over
objection as violence
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