A/59/324
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 September 2004
Original: English
Fifty-ninth session
Item 107 (a) of the provisional agenda*
Human rights questions: implementation of human
rights instruments
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the
General Assembly the interim report submitted by the Special Rapporteur of the
Commission on Human Rights on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment, Theo van Boven, in accordance with Assembly resolution
58/164 of 22 December 2003.
* A/59/150.
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