E UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/2002/76 27 December 2001 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-eighth session Item 11 (a) of the provisional agenda CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE QUESTIONS OF: TORTURE AND DETENTION Report of the Special Rapporteur, Sir Nigel Rodley, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/62 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Introduction .................................................................................................. 1-2 2 I. MANDATE AND METHODS OF WORK ........................................ 3-4 2 II. ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ............................. 5-9 3 III. INFORMATION REVIEWED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES ................................ 10 4 Annexes I. Recommendations of the Special Rapporteur ..................................................... 5 II. Letter of resignation dated 15 October 2001 from the Special Rapporteur addressed to the Chair of the Commission on Human Rights ............................. 9 Statement by the Special Rapporteur to the Third Committee of the General Assembly delivered on 8 November 2001 ................................... 10 III. GE.01-16500 (E)

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