E/CN.4/2000/9/Add.5 page 13 Peru 52. By letter of 3 February 2000, the Government responded to one of the cases communicated to it by the Special Rapporteur on 12 October 1999 (see E/CN.4/2000/9, para. 848). 53. The Government stated that a military investigation had been launched on 28 January 1999 in respect of the navy personnel allegedly responsible for the offences of aggravated abuse of functions and authority against Raúl Teobaldo Miguel Andahua. The case was referred to the Supreme Court which is to rule on questions of jurisdiction since proceedings have also been instituted in the ordinary courts. Rwanda 54. By letter dated 9 December 1999, the Government replied to the allegations transmitted by the Special Rapporteur in September 1998. 55. After reaffirming its commitment to human rights, the Government indicated the measures it had taken to reduce the prison population; these included the release of juvenile or elderly prisoners, useful work outside the prison and other measures of a similar nature. Special attention was being paid to minors, and those who had not been released were assisted by specially trained legal staff. Prisoners were cared for and health conditions in prisons had improved considerably. Four per cent of the national budget was appropriated for prisons, which were visited regularly by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross and by local and international non-governmental organizations. The Government added that, as 120,000 persons were still in detention, it was making use of the traditional participative system of justice courts called “Gacaca”. Lastly, the Government indicated its intention to ratify all international human rights conventions to which Rwanda was not yet party, and in particular the 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 56. Concerning Jean-Claude Ntidendereza (see E/CN.4/1999/61, para. 644), the Government confirmed that he had been arrested in 1997 and then released for lack of evidence. At his trial he had not complained of ill-treatment during his imprisonment. 57. Concerning André Safari (ibid., para. 645), the Government stated that he had never been detained at the Shyorongi military camp and had never been ill-treated. 58. Concerning Juvénal Turatsinze (ibid., para. 646), the Government confirmed that he is being detained in the Givosu prison on suspicion of having participated in the genocide. However he is in good health and is not suffering from an eye infection. His trial is proceeding. Senegal 59. By letter dated 21 December 1999, the Government replied to the allegations transmitted by the Special Rapporteur in September 1998 and September 1999.