Article 7 ICCPR prohibits:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. ICCPR Article 7: 'No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation.'
2. This is a NON-DEROGABLE right under Article 4(2).
3. The Convention Against Torture (CAT) 1984 elaborates the prohibition.
4. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: UDHR 1948 / ICCPR 1966 / ICESCR 1966 / CAT 1984 / CEDAW 1979 / CRC 1989 / PHRA 1993 / Constitution Part III — ICCPR Article 7_
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