CAT/C/30/D/219/2002 page 12 8 Human Rights Committee, Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Spain; European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Reports on visits to Spain in 1997, 1998 and 2000; Amnesty International, Annual Report 2001. 9 Views adopted on 9 November 1999, United Nations document CAT/C/23/C/63/1997, 5 June 2000. 10 Ibid., para. 11.4. 11 In the complaint, dated 18 October 2002, counsel stated that the examining judge had considered that the facts submitted by Mr. San Epifanio fell short of constituting a criminal offence, despite the fact that a medical examiner had found several haematoma and open wounds on his body after his detention incommunicado had ended. 12 See Committee against Torture, twenty-ninth session (11-22 November 2002), Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture: Spain, United Nations document CAT/C/CR/29/3, 23 December 2002. 13 This argument is contained in the complaint, dated 18 October 2002. 14 CAT, twenty-eighth session (11-22 November 2002), Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture: Spain, United Nations document CAT/C/CR/29/3, 23 December 2002, para. 8. 15 Idem, para. 10. 16 Idem. 17 Communication No. 63/1997, Josu Arkauz Arana v. France, Views adopted on 9 November 1999, United Nations document CAT/C/23/D/63/1997, 5 June 2000, para. 11.5. 18 See Communication No. 193/2001, P.E. v. France, Views adopted on 21 November 2002, United Nations document CAT/C/29/D/193/2001, 19 December 2002, para. 6.3. -----