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Tá na Ballstáit faoi cheangal ag ionstraimí reatha Chomhairle na hEorpa maidir le cearta an duine agus toirmeasc ar chéastóireacht agus cóireáil nó pionós mídhaonna nó táireach, go háirithe an Coinbhinsiún Eorpach chun Cearta an Duine agus Saoirsí Bunúsacha a Chosaint (CECD), na prótacail a ghabhann leis an gCoinbhinsiún sin, cásdlí na Cúirte Eorpaí um Chearta an Duine agus Coinbhinsiún Eorpach 1987 chun Céastóireacht agus Cóireáil agus Pionós Mídhaonna nó Táireach a Chosc.
The Member States are already legally bound by existing Council of Europe instruments on human rights and the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment, in particular the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), the protocols to that Convention, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the 1987 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment.