With alliance planned, countries focused on ending torture

If we are serious about ending torture and capital punishment, we must do more than make lofty promises, writes Jorge Faurie, Cecilia Malmstrom, and Tsend Munkh-Orgil

Shock belts, spiked batons, and electrified thumbscrews can serve no other purpose than to inflict pain on people.

But despite the fact that torture is prohibited by international law, goods such as these are still produced and sold, finding their way to buyers around the globe.