18 Convention against torture, Article 3, paragraphs 1 and 2. No State Party shall expel, return („refouler”) or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture. For the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights. The Convention against torture binds the State Parties to ensure that introduction and information about the prohibition of torture be integral part of training delivered to officials, medical workers, holders of public offices, as well as any other person who in any other way is in contact with persons deprived of their liberty18. Convention against torture, Article 12. Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation, wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been committed in any territory under its jurisdiction. To this end, each state party shall ensure that any person believing to have been subjected to torture, is enabled to exercise their right to complain to the competent authority, that shall immediately and impartially undertake to investigate that case and provide protection to the person who filed such complaint and the witness, against any harmful treatment or other form of intimidation due to the filed complaint or the provided statement19.20 Convention against torture, Article 14, paragraph 1. Each State Party shall ensure in its legal system that the victim of an act of torture obtains redress and has an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as full rehabilitation as possible.20 Each State Party shall ensure that any statement which is established to have been made as a result of torture shall not be invoked as evidence in any proceedings, except against a person accused of torture, as the evidence that the statement was made21. The Convention against torture established the Committee against torture22. The State Parties submit to the Committee reports on the measures they have taken to give effect to their undertakings under this Convention. The Committee reviews each report, and when it deems necessary, it issues comments to the report and submit them to the interested State Party, 18 19 20 21 22 Convention against torture, Article 10 Para 1. Convention against torture, Article 13. Convention against torture, Article 14. Convention against torture, Article 15. Convention against torture, Article 17.

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