FAQ: Can torture perpetrators get impunity?
In Articles 5 and 7 of the UN Convention, it is stipulated that
any country that has ratified the Convention is obliged to
prosecute torture perpetrators. This also applies to torture
perpetrators who have committed crimes in other countries or have
moved from their country of origin and are resident of another
country. Furthermore, any country that has ratified the UN
Convention against torture is obliged to punish foreign citizens
who have committed torture if they are in the country or to
extradite them for prosecution in another country.