April 24, 2015 
The House of Representatives on Thursday considered a Bill seeking to penalise torture cruelty, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishments of offenders or those under investigations.
Sponsored by Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha (PDP, Abia), the bill will regulate super-ordinate and subordinate interactions and protect criminal suspects under investigation when passed into law.
According to Onyejeocha, “Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are strictly prohibited at all times under international laws, regardless of the person having committed such unlawful acts and what crimes the victim may be suspected of having committed.
“The enactment of a law against torture and ill-treatment would protect the rights of the potential victims of such ill-treatment and would enable the punishment of the responsible individual(s), thus, ensuring there will be no impunity.
“The proposed Bill underscores that freedom from torture is a non-derogable right. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat of war, internal political instability, or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification for torture”, she noted.
The report was approved and passed through third reading – ready for harmonisation if necessary, for onward transmission to the President for assent.
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