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Claudio Grossman, Chair of the UN Commitee against Torture

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The UN Convention against Torture has stood as one of the international community's foremost tools in preventing cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment around the world. The escalating Syrian conflict, now in its seventeenth month, is posing a growing challenge for the United Nations. Douglas Herbert discusses this issue with his guest Claudio Grossman, Chair of the UN Committee against Torture.

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