Human rights are a matter of international concern. During 1989, within the framework of the United Nations, the UN Convention against Torture was drafted. The purpose of this particular human rights treaty was to make more effective the struggle against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. States parties undertook various obligations: not to return anyone to a State where there is a serious risk that he or she will be subjected to torture, to prosecute suspects of torture whoever the suspect may be and wherever the crime took place, and to ensure that...