7.5 CAT (1984)

The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment — the absolute prohibition's treaty: the torture's definition (Art 1 — the intentional infliction of severe pain by-or-with the public official's consent for the prohibited purposes); the non-derogable and non-justification clauses (no emergency, no orders); the universal jurisdiction duty (aut dedere aut judicare — prosecute or extradite); the exclusion of torture- tainted evidence (Art 15); the complaint-and-inquiry machinery (Art 20's inquiries). The committee: CAT + the OPCAT's SPT (the preventive visits; the national preventive mechanisms the states must create — Nepal's NPM: the pending duty's implementation record). Nepal: the first South Asian CAT party; the Compensation Relating to Torture Act 2053's domestic face (and its reform debates); the conflict-era torture accountability agenda.