CAT/C/55/D/553/2013
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
5 October 2015
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 553/2013
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-fifth session (27 July-14
August 2015)
Submitted by:
X represented by Track Impunity Always
(TRIAL)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Burundi
Date of complaint:
10 May 2013 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
10 August 2015
Subject matter:
Torture committed by police officers
Procedural issues:
None
Substantive issues:
Torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment;
obligation to systematically monitor
interrogation practices; obligation of the State
party to ensure that its competent authorities
conduct a prompt and impartial investigation;
right of complaint; right to obtain redress; use
of a statement made under torture as evidence
in proceedings
Articles of the Convention:
Articles 2 (para. 1), 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15,
read in conjunction with articles 1 and 16 of
the Convention
[Annex]
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