Question: What is an example of a type of universally prohibited action that no state can legally assume an obligation to commit or permit through a treaty?
Sentence: These are limited to such universally accepted prohibitions as those against the aggressive use of force, genocide and other crimes against humanity, piracy, hostilities directed at civilian population, racial discrimination and apartheid, slavery and torture, meaning that no state can legally assume an obligation to commit or permit such acts.
Answer in sentence: yes