CAT/C/39/2
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CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Page
List of acronyms .................................................................................................................
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PART ONE: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ..........................................
1 - 196
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I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................
1-2
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II. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCEDURE .........................................
3-7
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III. VISIT TO BRAZIL FROM 13 TO 29 JULY 2005 .............................
8 - 20
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A.
Activities of the Committee members during the visit ...............
8 - 17
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B.
General conditions in which the visit took place ........................
18 - 20
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IV. BACKGROUND INFORMATION .....................................................
21 - 43
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A.
Brazil as a federal State ..............................................................
21 - 22
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B.
Law enforcement ........................................................................
23 - 27
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C.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office ...................................................
28 - 30
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D.
The Public Defender’s Office .....................................................
31
12
E.
The crime of torture ....................................................................
32 - 36
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F.
Legal safeguards and guarantees of criminal suspects
and detainees ...............................................................................
37 - 38
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Juvenile offenders .......................................................................
39 - 43
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44 - 177
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Information provided by human rights
non-governmental organizations .................................................
45 - 80
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B.
Information obtained in places of detention ...............................
81 - 152
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C.
Information received from federal and state
governments and other authorities ..............................................
153 - 177
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VI. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF
THE COMMITTEE .............................................................................
178 - 196
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G.
V. TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT IN BRAZIL ............................
A.