Assertion: torture | /r/HasProperty | submitted by nongovernmental sources
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In 1985 the UN Commission on Human Rights (replaced in 2006 by the UN Human Rights Council) appointed a Special Rapporteur on the question of torture, whose responsibilities included gathering information on allegations of torture (usually submitted by nongovernmental sources), issuing urgent appeals regarding persons feared to be at risk of torture, asking states to comment on allegations of torture, and, with the agreement of the states in question, undertaking investigative missions.