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(e)
(iii)
“Pau de Lima” District Police Station; and
(iv)
“Rio Vermelho” District Police Station.
In the State of Minas Gerais:
(i)
Police Station for the Repression of Vehicle Thefts and Robberies;
(ii)
Police Station on Thefts and Robberies;
(iii)
Police Station on Toxics and Narcotics;
(iv)
Provisional detention Centre for juveniles “CEIP Dom Bosco”; and
(v)
Women’s penitentiary in Belo Horizonte.
16. Throughout the visit, the Committee members also met with alleged victims of torture
and/or their relatives. The majority of these meetings took place in detention centres, others took
place at NGO premises. The Committee members also received extensive verbal and/or written
information from numerous NGOs, including: Action by Christians against Torture-Brazil
(ACAT-Brazil); Global Justice; the Land Pastoral Commission; the Centre for Justice and
International Law (CEJIL); and the National Human Rights Movement (MNDH).
17. In addition, the Committee members also met with the United Nations Resident
Representative and his staff in Brasilia and with the Executive Director of the United Nations
Latin American Institute for Crime Prevention and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD) in
São Paulo.
B. General conditions in which the visit took place
18. Before starting the visit the Committee agreed with the State party that it would take place
in accordance with the following principles:
(a) Freedom of movement in the whole country and facilitation of transport in restricted
areas, as required for the performance of the Committee’s mandate;
(b)
Freedom of inquiry, regarding in particular:
(i)
Access to all prisons, detention centres and places of interrogation;
(ii)
Contact with central and local authorities of all branches of Government;
(iii)
Contacts with representatives of NGOs and other private institutions;
(iv)
Contacts with witnesses and other persons considered necessary for the
fulfilment of the mandate;
(v)
Full access to all documentary material relevant to the inquiry.