A/66/268
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 August 2011
Original: English
Sixty-sixth session
Item 69 (b) of the provisional agenda*
Promotion and protection of human rights: human
rights questions, including alternative approaches for
improving the effective enjoyment of human rights
and fundamental freedoms
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 General Assembly the
interim report prepared by the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on
torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E.
Méndez, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 65/205.
* A/66/150.
11-44570 (E) 010911
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