TORTURE

A G L O B A L I S S U E

HOW MANY COUNTRIES ACROSS

THE WORLD USE TORTURE?
Over the last five 28%
years, Amnesty has

141
COUNTRIES
reported torture in at
least three quarters of
the world. That's 141
out of 195 of the
world's countries.
72%

TORTURE IS ILLEGAL
Torture was outlawed internationally in
1948, and 156 countries have signed the
UN Convention against Torture.

80%
OF PEOPLE
WANT STRONG
LAWS TO
PROTECT THEM
FROM TORTURE

A global survey conducted for

Amnesty International found that
45 percent of respondents in the
United States felt torture was
45
%
sometimes "necessary and
acceptable to gain information
that may protect the public."

Torture CAN be stopped.

To find out more about what you can do to

stop torture,visit

https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/torture/