United Nations
General Assembly
A/HRC/28/68/Add.2
Distr.: General
27 February 2015
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Human Rights Council
Twenty-eighth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
Juan E. Méndez
Addendum
Follow up report:Missions to the Republic of Tajikistan and Tunisia*
Summary
The present report contains the findings and recommendations of the Special
Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment,
from his visits to the Republic of Tajikistan from 10 to 12 February 2014 and to Tunisia
from 4 to 6 June 2014. The purpose of these visits was to evaluate progress made by the
Government with respect to the implementation of recommendations from the Special
Rapporteur’s report (A/HRC/22/53/Add.1) following his May 2012 visit to Tajikistan, and
from his report (A/HRC/19/61/Add.1) following his May 2011 visit to Tunisia. The Special
Rapporteur expresses his appreciation to the Governments of the Republic of Tajikistan and
Tunisia for the invitations to conduct follow-up, and highlights that this constitutes a good
practice and an example for other States to follow in their cooperation with the United
Nations Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.
In Tajikistan, the Special Rapporteur welcomes the fact that the Government has
made considerable efforts to improve the situation of torture and ill treatment and to
implement his recommendations in a systematic and comprehensive way, but notes that
substantial changes still need to take place to ensure that many of the legal measures and
policies adopted work effectively to prevent and eliminate torture and other ill-treatment.
While welcoming the adoption of new legislation bringing the definition of torture in line
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Reproduced as received.
GE.15-03866 (E)