Joint Observations regarding Revised General Comment No. 1 (2017) on the implementation of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment March 2017 Table of Contents I. Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..……...3 II. Detailed comments on specific sections and paragraphs of the draft…………………………...3 a) Section I: Introduction, paragraphs 1-3………………………………………………………...…3 b) Terminology…………………………………………………………………………………………..4 c) Section II: General principles, paragraphs 4-17………………………………………………...…5 i) Paragraph 7……………………………………………………………………………………….5 ii) Paragraph 8……………………………………………………………………………………….5 iii) Paragraphs 8, 15 and 16………………………………………………………………………….5 iv) Paragraphs 9 and 10...................………………………………………………………………....7 v) Paragraph 11……………………………………………………………………………………...9 vi) Paragraph 12……………………………………………………………………………………...9 vii) Paragraph 13…………………………………………………………………………………….11 AI Index: IOR 40/6040/2017

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