CAT/OP/BEN/3
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Facilitation of the visit and cooperation ........................................................................................
3
III.
Report methodology and structure ................................................................................................
4
IV.
National preventive mechanism ....................................................................................................
4
V.
Conditions of detention .................................................................................................................
5
A.
Police and gendarmerie stations............................................................................................
5
B.
Prisons ..................................................................................................................................
7
C.
Access to health care, hygiene, water and sanitation ............................................................
10
D.
Minors in detention ...............................................................................................................
11
Administration of justice and penal policy ....................................................................................
12
A.
Objectives of the justice system ............................................................................................
12
B.
Legal framework ...................................................................................................................
12
Prison policy..................................................................................................................................
14
A.
Situation of persons deprived of their liberty ........................................................................
14
B.
Institutional framework.........................................................................................................
17
Repercussions of the visit and conclusion .....................................................................................
17
A.
Repercussions of the visit .....................................................................................................
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B.
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................
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I.
List of persons with whom the Subcommittee met .......................................................................
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II.
Places of deprivation of liberty visited by the Subcommittee .......................................................
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VI.
VII.
VIII.
Annexes
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