UNITED
NATIONS
E
Economic and Social
Council
Distr.
GENERAL
E/CN.4/1997/7/Add.2
15 October 1996
Original:
ENGLISH
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-third session
Item 8 of the provisional agenda
QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM
OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT, IN PARTICULAR: TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Nigel S. Rodley, submitted
pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/37
Addendum
Visit by the Special Rapporteur to Pakistan
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction
Page
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1 -
8
2
I.
BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9 -
16
4
II.
UNLAWFUL DETENTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
17 -
38
6
III.
TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING
TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39 -
75
11
A.
B.
C.
Use of fetters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corporal punishment . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other aspects of imprisonment . . . . . . . .
50 63 73 -
62
72
75
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18
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IV.
SITUATION IN KARACHI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
76 -
83
20
V.
QUESTION OF IMPUNITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84 -
87
22
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
88 - 110
23
VI.
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