Hon Speaker, on behalf of the Chief Whip of the Majority Party, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that the United Nations' International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is annually observed on 26 June to remind people that human torture is not only unacceptable, but also a crime;
2) further notes that the Convention against Torture came into force on 26 June 1987 and was an important step in the process of globalising human rights and acknowledging that torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment should be universally illegal;
3) recognises that the Prevention and Combating of Torture of Persons Bill which was recently introduced in the National Assembly gives effect to the Republic's obligations in terms of the United Nations' Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
4) acknowledges that the day provides time to honour victims and survivors of torture across the world and to gather strength to work together for a world without torture;
5) further acknowledges that for torture to end, we must constantly break the silence around torture, condemn it whenever it happens, demand laws against torture and demand that torturers are made fully accountable; and
6) appeals to government, members of civil society and human rights activists to take action to defeat torture and torturers everywhere.
Agreed to.