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UNCAT is a 1984 UN treaty that prohibits torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment; India has signed but not ratified it.
The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) is an international human-rights treaty that obliges states to prevent torture within their jurisdiction and forbids returning people to countries where they face torture. It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1984 and entered into force on 26 June 1987. India signed the Convention on 14 October 1997 but has not ratified it.
Type: TreatyAdopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1984; in force from 26 June 1987.
Defines torture and makes it an offence that states must prevent and punish.
Prohibits 'refoulement' — sending a person to a country where they risk torture.
Establishes a Committee Against Torture to monitor compliance by state parties.
India signed it in 1997 but has not ratified it, citing the absence of a domestic anti-torture law.
Frequency: Recurs in human-rights and international-treaty questions.
UNCAT is one of the core international human-rights instruments and has been ratified by most UN members. India's position — signatory but not a party — is frequently raised in debates on custodial deaths and human-rights accountability, and it distinguishes India from countries that have fully accepted the Convention's binding obligations and its monitoring mechanism.
UNCAT = UN Convention Against Torture.
Adopted 10 December 1984; in force 26 June 1987.
India signed 1997 but has not ratified.
Prohibits torture and refoulement.
Monitored by the Committee Against Torture.
No. India signed UNCAT in 1997 but has not ratified it, largely because it lacks a comprehensive domestic anti-torture law.
It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10 December 1984 and came into force on 26 June 1987.
Signing indicates intent to be bound in future; ratification makes the treaty legally binding on the country. India has only signed UNCAT.