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On this day in 1981, the @_AfricanUnion's African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights was adopted in Nairobi, Kenya. The #BanjulCharter outlines #HumanRights & fundamental freedoms, including the prohibition of #Torture (see Article 5). 
Addressing the #TortureTrade is an essential part in prohibiting & preventing torture. Building on the #BanjulCharter & the #RobbenIslandGuidelines (see particularly RIG 14),...
...the @achpr_cadhp #CPTA's 2020-21 priority theme is "the prohibition of the use, production and trade of equipment or substances designed to inflict torture or ill-treatment." (as noted recently in their #InternationalDayAgainstTorture statement: tinyurl.com/bfkz7x7n)
