CAT/C/52/D/503/2012
United Nations
Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment
Distr.: General
12 June 2014
English
Original: French
Committee against Torture
Communication No. 503/2012
Decision adopted by the Committee at its fifty-second session (28 April–
23 May 2014)
GE.14-04314 (E)
Submitted by:
Boniface Ntikarahera, represented by Track
Impunity Always (TRIAL)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Burundi
Date of complaint:
12 April 2012 (initial submission)
Date of decision:
12 May 2014
Subject matter:
Torture committed by police officers
Procedural issues:
–
Substantive issues:
Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment; obligation to
systematically monitor interrogation
techniques and practices; obligation of the
State party to ensure that the competent
authorities conduct a prompt and impartial
investigation; right to lodge a complaint;
right to redress
Articles of the Convention:
Articles 2 (para. 1), 11, 12, 13 and 14, read in
conjunction with articles 1 and 16 of the
Convention
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