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Analysis of the instruments of public international law to eliminate torture, in particular the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 10 December 1984; the initiative launched by the Swiss Committee against Torture and the International Commission of Jurists; the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 26 June 1987; the setting-up of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhjuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and initiatives to prepare regional American, African and Asian treaties.