United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Sessional/Annual Report of Committee - person intended to obliterate the personality of the victim or to diminish his physical or mental capacities, even if they do not cause physical pain or mental anguish", as established by article 2 of that Convention,3 which the Committee has taken into consideration in accordance with article 1, paragraph 2, of the United Nations Convention against Torture; (b) The practice of torture should in itself be punishable by law, independently of any effects on or consequences for the victim and without prejudice to any increase in penalties, in view of the seriousness of such effects or consequences; (c) Provisions to facilitate the prosecution of the use of torture at the international level should be included in accordance with the Convention and the provisions of article 143 of the Constitution, which includes recognition of international law and the international protection of human rights among the guiding principles of Paraguay's international relations. 207. The provisions establishing the post of ombudsman should be implemented promptly, and the act regulating his functions and setting forth the principles embodied in chapter IV, section I, of the Constitution should be promulgated promptly. 208. Rules and instructions on the matters referred to in article 11 of the Convention should be issued, and systematic procedures for the supervision and monitoring of compliance therewith should be established and maintained in order to eliminate the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 209. Physical conditions in prisons should be improved and the conditions of prisoners in detention should be made compatible with human dignity. 210. Systematic programmes of education and information regarding the prohibition of torture should be developed and fully included in the training of the officials referred to in article 10 of the Convention. 211. The declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention should be made. 212. The Committee hopes that it will soon receive the official information on the enforcement of penalties against public officials who have engaged in the practice of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment which the representatives of the State offered to provide during the Committee's consideration of the report of Paraguay. 213. Lastly, the Committee recommends that the third periodic report of Paraguay be submitted by the 10 April 1999 deadline. K. Sweden 214. The Committee considered the third periodic report of Sweden (CAT/C/34/Add.4) at its 291st, 292nd and 294th meetings, on 5 and 6 May 1997 (CAT/C/SR.291, 292 and 294/Add.1), and formulated the following conclusions and recommendations. http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/de75e94f920bd0a0802565a600537744?Opendocument (35 of 109)16/10/2006 9:54:12 AM