UNITED NATIONS E Distr. GENERAL Economic and Social Council E/CN.4/1998/38/Add.2 14 January 1998 ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH/SPANISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-fourth session Item 8 (a) 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 1997/38 Addendum Visit by the Special Rapporteur to Mexico CONTENTS Paragraphs Page 1 - 6 2 . . . . 7 - 29 3 THE PROTECTION OF DETAINEES AGAINST TORTURE: LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 - 45 10 TORTURE VICTIMS' RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE REMEDY . . . . . 46 - 70 14 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71 - 88 20 Selected cases submitted by non-governmental organizations to the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture for the years 1996-1997 . . . . . . . . . 27 Introduction I. II. III. IV. Annex: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE PRACTICE OF TORTURE: GE.98-10118 (E) SCOPE AND CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . .

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