CAT/OP/MNG/1
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
Implementation of the Optional Protocol ......................................................................................
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III.
Overarching issues ........................................................................................................................
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A.
Institutional framework.........................................................................................................
6
B.
Allegations of ill-treatment and torture.................................................................................
7
C.
Complaint mechanisms .........................................................................................................
7
Torture and ill-treatment ...............................................................................................................
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A.
Police ....................................................................................................................................
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B.
Pretrial detention ...................................................................................................................
8
C.
Prisons ..................................................................................................................................
8
D.
Isolation and disciplinary cells .............................................................................................
9
Police practice and procedure........................................................................................................
9
A.
Fundamental safeguards during the initial stage of detention ...............................................
9
B.
Issues relating to the legal regime of detention .....................................................................
10
C.
Material conditions of detention at police stations ...............................................................
12
D.
Health-care system................................................................................................................
12
Places of deprivation of liberty: pretrial and sentenced ................................................................
12
A.
Pretrial detention: general concerns ......................................................................................
12
B.
Prisons: specific concerns .....................................................................................................
13
C.
Health-care system................................................................................................................
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VII.
National Centre for Mental Health ................................................................................................
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VIII.
Next steps ......................................................................................................................................
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I.
List of places of deprivation of liberty visited by the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture ....
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II
List of officials and other persons with whom the Subcommittee on Prevention
of Torture met ...............................................................................................................................
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IV.
V.
VI.
Annexes
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