E
UNITED
NATIONS
Economic and Social
Council
Distr.
GENERAL
E/CN.4/2002/137
26 February 2002
Original: ENGLISH
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-eighth session
Item 11 (a) of the provisional agenda
CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS INCLUDING THE
QUESTIONS OF TORTURE AND DETENTION
Report of the newly appointed Special Rapporteur
on torture, Mr. Theo van Boven
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ...............................................................................................
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1-2
2
I.
MANDATE AND METHODS OF WORK................................
3 - 15
2
II.
ACTIVITIES OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ...................
16 - 19
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Annex: Message by 17 independent experts of the Commission on Human
Rights on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 12 December 2001
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* The annex is reproduced in the original language only.
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