CAT/C/35/D/172/2000
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Subject matter: Torture and/or ill treatment in detention.
Procedural issues: None
Substantive issues: Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
State party to ensure prompt and impartial investigation and examination by
competent authorities
Articles of the Convention: 2, paragraph 1 read in connection with 1 and 16,
paragraph 1; 14 alone; and 12, and 13 taken alone and/or in connection with article
16, paragraph 1