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4. When a State, pursuant to this article, has taken a person into
custody, it shall immediately notify the States referred to in article
5, paragraph 1, of the fact that such person is in custody and of
the circumstances which warrant his detention. The State which
makes the preliminary inquiry contemplated in paragraph 2 of
this article shall promptly report its findings to the said States
and shall indicate whether it intends to exercise jurisdiction.
Article 7
1. The State Party in the territory under whose jurisdiction a
person alleged to have committed any offence referred to in
article 4 is found shall in the cases contemplated in article 5,
if it does not extradite him, submit the case to its competent
authorities for the purpose of prosecution.
2. These authorities shall take their decision in the same manner
as in the case of any ordinary offence of a serious nature
under the law of that State. In the cases referred to in article 5,
paragraph 2, the standards of evidence required for prosecution
and conviction shall in no way be less stringent than those which
apply in the cases referred to in article 5, paragraph 1.
3. Any person regarding whom proceedings are brought in
connection with any of the offences referred to in article 4 shall
be guaranteed fair treatment at all stages of the proceedings.
(Articles 8-9)
Article 10
1. Each State Party shall ensure that education and information
regarding the prohibition against torture are fully included in
the training of law enforcement personnel, civil or military,
medical personnel, public officials and other persons who
may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of
any individual subjected to any form of arrest, detention or
imprisonment.
2. Each State Party shall include this prohibition in the rules
or instructions issued in regard to the duties and functions of
any such person.
Article 11
Each State Party shall keep under systematic review interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices as well
as arrangements for the custody and treatment of persons
subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment in
any territory under its jurisdiction, with a view to preventing any
cases of torture.
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Article 12
Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities
proceed to a prompt and impartial investigation, wherever there
is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been
committed in any territory under its jurisdiction.
Article 13
Each State Party shall ensure that any individual who alleges he
has been subjected to torture in any territory under its jurisdiction
has the right to complain to, and to have his case promptly and
impartially examined by, its competent authorities. Steps shall
be taken to ensure that the complainant and witnesses are protected against all ill-treatment or intimidation as a consequence
of his complaint or any evidence given.
Article 14
1. Each State Party shall ensure in its legal system that the victim
of an act of torture obtains redress and has an enforceable right
to fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as
full rehabilitation as possible. In the event of the death of the
victim as a result of an act of torture, his dependants shall be
entitled to compensation.
2. Nothing in this article shall affect any right of the victim or
other persons to compensation which may exist under national
law.
Article 15
Each State Party shall ensure that any statement which is
established to have been made as a result of torture shall not be
invoked as evidence in any proceedings, except against a person
accused of torture as evidence that the statement was made.
Article 16
1. Each State Party shall undertake to prevent in any territory
under its jurisdiction other acts of cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment which do not amount to torture as
defined in article I, when such acts are committed by or at
the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a
public official or other person acting in an official capacity. In
particular, the obligations contained in articles 10, 11, 12 and
13 shall apply with the substitution for references to torture
of references to other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment.
2. The provisions of this Convention are without prejudice to
the provisions of any other international instrument or national
law which prohibits cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment or which relates to extradition or expulsion.
(Articles 17-33)
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