A/HRC/13/39/Add.4 Annex Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Mission to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (9 – 18 November 2008) Contents I. II. III. Paragraphs Page Introduction............................................................................................................. 1-8 5 Legal framework ..................................................................................................... 9-23 6 A. International level ........................................................................................... 9-10 6 B. Regional level ................................................................................................. 11 6 C. National level.................................................................................................. 12-23 7 Assessment of the situation ..................................................................................... 24-54 9 A. Conditions of detention................................................................................... 24-35 9 B. Acts of torture and ill-treatment in places of detention................................... 36-43 12 C. Groups made vulnerable in detention ............................................................. 44-50 14 D. Lack of reparation and re-victimization.......................................................... 51-52 15 E. Involvement in kidnapping abroad/secret detention ....................................... 53-54 15 An environment conducive to torture...................................................................... 55-66 16 A. Non-functioning of the Administration of Justice .......................................... 55 16 B. Impunity.......................................................................................................... 56-59 16 C. Lack of inspection/monitoring mechanisms ................................................... 60-62 17 D. Corruption....................................................................................................... 63 18 E. Insufficient State action to protect persons from privately inflicted harm...... 64-66 18 Conclusions and recommendations ......................................................................... 67-77 19 A. Conclusions .................................................................................................... 67-74 19 B. Recommendations........................................................................................... 75-77 20 I. Individual cases and description of places of detention ................................................................... 22 II. Observations received from the Government................................................................................... 44 IV. Appendices 4