CAT/OP/BRA/3
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Facilitation of the visit and cooperation ........................................................................................
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III.
Reprisals ........................................................................................................................................
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IV.
Overarching issues ........................................................................................................................
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A.
Treatment and torture by police ............................................................................................
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B.
Treatment and torture in detention facilities .........................................................................
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C.
Self-governance and delegation in places of detention .........................................................
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D.
Material conditions of detention ...........................................................................................
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Implementation of the Optional Protocol: National System to Prevent and Combat Torture .......
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A.
Institutional framework for the prevention of torture at federal level ...................................
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B.
Institutional framework for the prevention of torture at state level ......................................
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I.
List of places of deprivation of liberty visited by the Subcommittee ...................................
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II.
Officials and other persons and organizations with which the delegation met .....................
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V.
Annexes
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