Laws by Country Human Rights
Countries Where Torture Is Legal 2025
Last Reported Year
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Last Reported Year
1 country
4 countries
2 countries
2 countries
3 countries
- Torture is universally illegal based on the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article No. 5 states that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
- In light of this fact, any torture that does occur is illegal and conducted largely in secret.
- Data table lists countries where incidents of state-sanctioned torture have been reported and the most recent year in which such acts are reported to have taken place.
