A/HRC/34/54/Add.1
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
on his mission to Mauritania*
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
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II.
Legal framework ..............................................................................................................................
3
A.
International level ....................................................................................................................
3
B.
Regional level ..........................................................................................................................
3
C.
National level ...........................................................................................................................
4
Assessment of the situation ..............................................................................................................
5
A.
Torture and ill-treatment ..........................................................................................................
5
B.
Conditions of detention ............................................................................................................
9
C.
Safeguards and prevention .......................................................................................................
13
Conclusions and recommendations ..................................................................................................
19
A.
Conclusions .............................................................................................................................
19
B.
Recommendations....................................................................................................................
19
III.
IV.
* Circulated in the language of submission and French only.
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