A/HRC/7/3/Add.5
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Annex
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT:
MISSION TO TOGO (10-17 APRIL 2007)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ...................................................................................................
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1-7
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I.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT.................................................................
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II.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK ...................................................................
9 - 32
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A. International level .......................................................................
9
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B. Regional level .............................................................................
10
7
C. Domestic level .............................................................................
11 - 32
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1. Constitutional protection of human rights, including
the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment ...................................
11 - 12
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2. Provisions of the Criminal Code criminalizing torture .........
13 - 20
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3. Safeguards against torture and ill-treatment
during arrest and detention ....................................................
21 - 29
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4. Investigation of acts of torture ...............................................
30 - 32
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PRACTICE ........................................................................................
33 - 59
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A. Conditions in places of detention ...............................................
33 - 45
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1. Prisons ...................................................................................
33 - 41
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2. Gendarmerie and police custody ...........................................
42 - 44
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3. Army camps ...........................................................................
45
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B. Situation of torture and ill-treatment ..........................................
46 - 52
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1. Prisons ...................................................................................
46 - 47
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2. Gendarmerie and police custody ...........................................
48 - 52
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C. Women and minors .....................................................................
53 - 59
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III.