CAT/C/75 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs PART ONE. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ...................................... Page 1 - 222 4 I. INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 1-2 4 II. APPLICATION OF THE PROCEDURE .............................. 3 - 15 4 III. VISIT TO MEXICO FROM 23 AUGUST TO TO 12 SEPTEMBER 2001 ..................................................... 16 - 21 7 A. Activities of the Committee members during the visit .................................................................. 16 - 19 7 B. General conditions in which the visit took place ......................................................................... 20 - 21 8 CHARACTERISTICS AND FREQUENCY OF CASES OF TORTURE ................................................... 22 - 165 8 A. Testimony of alleged victims or their direct relatives ............................................................................ 23 - 46 8 B. Public human rights bodies .............................................. 47 - 79 15 C. Information from non-governmental organizations .................................................................... 80 - 121 21 D. Information from State and Federal governmental authorities.......................................................................... 122 - 136 25 E. General observations ........................................................ 137 - 165 29 LEGAL MECHANISMS OFFERING PROTECTION AGAINST TORTURE, AND HOW THEY OPERATE .............................................................................. 166 - 217 36 A. The prohibition of torture in Mexican legislation ......................................................................... 171 - 174 37 B. The general rule requiring a court order before detention, and exceptions to it ......................................... 175 - 179 37 C. Time limits on detention at police and Public Prosecutor’s Office premises ........................................... 180 -184 38 IV. V.

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