The UN human rights office has slammed the US plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of a former Army major as a violation of the international human-rights law principle of an “absolute prohibition of torture.”

"The live streaming of an execution is tantamount to a public execution and would breach the absolute prohibition of torture," UN human rights office spokesperson Shabia Mantoo told reporters in Geneva on Friday.

She emphasized that such practices constituted "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."

"Failure to respect this prohibition would inevitably render the execution arbitrary in nature and result in a violation of the right to life," Mantoo added.

Her remarks came as War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced the US administration’s intention to livestream the December 3 firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan, saying, “We will make sure that people are able to watch it, that it is public.”

Pentagon officials confirmed on Thursday that the execution would be livestreamed, making it the first military execution in more than 65 years, following President Donald Trump’s approval of the firing-squad method.

Hollywood-style show: Pentagon to livestream firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan

The Pentagon will livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter, a decision that experts say reflects a false culture of masculinity and military toughness.

The decision has raised questions about the government’s motives for broadcasting an execution, particularly given the violent nature of the method and the longstanding practice of carrying out executions away from public view.

Hasan was convicted in 2013 of killing 13 US soldiers and injuring 32 others in the November 5, 2009 shooting at Fort Hood military base, Texas.

At the center of this macabre production is Hasan himself — a man whose Muslim faith and religious identity the administration now appears eager to parade before the cameras.