E/CN.4/2003/68/Add.2
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Annex
REPORT BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE QUESTION OF
TORTURE, THEO VAN BOVEN, ON HIS VISIT TO UZBEKISTAN
(24 NOVEMBER-6 DECEMBER 2002)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ..............................................................................................
I. PROTECTION OF DETAINEES AGAINST TORTURE ..........
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1-6
4
7 - 33
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A.
Prohibition of torture ........................................................
7-8
5
B.
Initial arrest and detention ................................................
9 - 17
5
C.
Pre-trial detention .............................................................
18 - 27
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D.
Complaints procedures .....................................................
28 - 33
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II. THE PRACTISE OF TORTURE: SCOPE AND CONTEXT ....
34 - 59
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A.
General issues ...................................................................
34 - 42
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B.
Lack of respect for existing legal safeguards ...................
43 - 48
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C.
Aborted visit to Jaslyk colony ..........................................
49 - 52
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D.
Denial of access to the lock-up of the National
Security Service Office in Tashkent .................................
53 - 54
17
Impunity ...........................................................................
55 - 59
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III. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS .......................
60 - 71
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E.
Appendices
I. Excerpts from the report of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the
Counter-Terrorism Committee (S/2002/974, annex, pp. 13-15) ..........................
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II. Individual cases ....................................................................................................
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