On December 10th of 1984, convention on the
prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishments, assigned
a resolution by the UN General Assembly and on June 26, 1987, the convention came into
force. On this occasion, the UN General Assembly decided in 1997 to mark 26th of June
as the international day for the protection of victims of torture, in order to attract world
attention to the bad phenomenon of torture.
Nonetheless, despite many efforts to eliminate
torture, this phenomenon is still present in various forms in the world.
