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
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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:
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THE PRACTICE OF TORTURE:
GE.98-10118
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SCOPE AND CONTEXT
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