A/74/148
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
12 July 2019
Original: English
Seventy-fourth session
Item 72 (a) of the preliminary list*
Promotion and protection of human rights:
implementation of human rights instruments
Relevance of the prohibition of torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to the
context of domestic violence
Note by the Secretary-General
The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the members of the General
Assembly the interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Nils Melzer, submitted in accordance
with General Assembly resolution 72/163.
* A/74/50.
19-11892 (E)
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