CAT/C/34/D/171/2000
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Subject matter: Torture and/or ill-treatment in detention.
Procedural issues: None
Substantive issues: Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
State party to ensure prompt and impartial investigation and examination by
competent authorities.
Articles of the Convention: 2, paragraph 1 read in connection with 1; 16, paragraph,
1; and 12, 13 and 14 taken alone and/or in connection with article 16, paragraph 1
On 3 May 2005, the Committee against Torture adopted the annexed draft as the
Committee’s Decision, under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention in
respect of communication No. 171/2000. The text of the Decision is appended to
the present document.
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