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the Service is composed of: (a) an executive level, comprising the Executive Director
General, and (b) an operational and technical level.
4.
The Executive Director General, in addition to meeting the requirements set out
under article 234 of the Constitution, must: (a) be a qualified lawyer and (b) have at least
five years of experience working in the areas of human rights and/or criminal law.
5.
The Executive Director General of the Service for the Prevention of Torture has the
following functions:
• Acting as the legal representative of the institution
• Organizing joint spontaneous visits to detention centres and facilities
• Making recommendations to the competent authorities with a view to preventing
torture and other cruel or degrading treatment or punishment
• Making normative proposals in his or her area of competence through the
supervisory body
• Promoting compliance with relevant recommendations made by national and
international human rights bodies
• Reporting to and working in conjunction with the Subcommittee on Prevention of
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and other
international human rights bodies
• Coordinating the implementation of promotional, awareness-raising and training
programmes to prevent violations of the right to personal integrity in detention
centres and facilities
• Reporting any act or omission that may prevent the Service for the Prevention of
Torture from exercising its functions.
• Submitting reports supported by documentary evidence, such as image and sound
recordings, to the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and the supervisory
ministry regarding cases of torture or inhuman and degrading treatment
• Approving the Service’s institutional strategic plan, its annual programme of
operations and its budget
• Approving the Service’s internal regulations and issuing administrative decisions, in
accordance with its mandate
• Signing conventions, contracts and other documents on behalf of the institution
• Carrying out any other functions required under the Optional Protocol and current
standards
6.
General information on the Service for the Prevention of Torture and a record of its
activities from 1 July 2016 to 31 December 2016 and from 1 January 2017 to date is
attached to this report as annex I, for informational purposes and to facilitate an assessment
of the Service’s functioning and compliance with its obligations.
Part II
Observations and recommendations made by the
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture directly related to
the functions of the Directorate-General of Prisons/Ministry
of the Interior
7.
The following refers to the observations and recommendations made by the
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture related to the functions of the Directorate-General
of Prisons/Ministry of the Interior.
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