United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Sessional/Annual Report of Committee - 102. Lastly, the Committee deplores the fact that a supplementary report was not brought to the attention of its members until the meeting at which the periodic report was submitted, even though it contains interesting information. 5. Recommendations 103. The Committee repeats to the Government of Poland the recommendation it made in November 1993, at the conclusion of the consideration of Poland's initial report, namely, that a definition of torture which fully covers all the elements in the definition contained in article 1 of the Convention should be incorporated into domestic law. 104. The Committee also recommends that the Government continue its efforts to introduce other legislative reforms and to secure the adoption and promulgation of the numerous draft texts referred to by the delegation. 105. In this connection, the Committee recommends reforms of the legal system which will offer the possibility of formal, effective and concrete judicial verification of the constitutionality of police custody and pre-trial detention with a view to implementing the provisions of the Convention. 106. The Committee also recommends that the Government intensify its programme of training for all personnel responsible for the implementation of legislation, including doctors. 107. The Committee recommends that objective inquiries be initiated, and pursued with due dispatch, into the activities of the security forces in order to determine the veracity of allegations of acts of torture and, where the findings are positive, to bring the offenders before the courts. 108. The Committee recommends that the period of pre-trial detention be shortened and that the possibility of extending it for two years should be abolished. 109. The Committee recommends that statements obtained directly or indirectly under torture should not be admissible as evidence in the courts. It recommends that the abolition as soon as possible of legal provisions permitting the use of physical force, for whatever reason, should be envisaged. 110. Finally, the Committee considers that the likelihood of commission of acts of torture or of other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment would be limited if suspects had easy access to a lawyer, doctor or family member during the 48 hours of police custody. F. Georgia 111. The Committee considered the initial report of Georgia (CAT/C/28/Add.1) at its 278th and 279th meetings, held on 21 November 1996 (see CAT/C/SR.278 and 279), and adopted the following conclusions and recommendations. 1. Introduction http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/de75e94f920bd0a0802565a600537744?Opendocument (22 of 109)16/10/2006 9:54:12 AM