Endnotes: Panel IV 1 24 Case Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Rules of Procedure, Rule 120, CAT/C/3/Rev.5 (Feb. 2011). 2 Organization of American States, Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, Sept. 12, 1985, O.A.S. T.S. No. 67. 3 Organization of American States, American Convention on Human Rights [hereinafter American Convention], art. 61, Nov. 22, 1969, O.A.S. T.S. No. 36, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123. 4 American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, O.A.S. Res. XXX, adopted by the Ninth International Conference of American States (1948), reprinted in Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System, OEA/Ser.L.V/II.82 doc.6 rev.1 at 17 (1992). 5 Organization of American States, American Convention on Human Rights, Nov. 22, 1969, O.A.S.T.S. No. 36, [hereinafter American Convention]. 6 American Convention, supra note 3, at art. 5. 7 Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, O.A.S. Treaty Series, No. 67, entered into force Feb. 28, 1987, reprinted in Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System, OEA/Ser.L.V/II.82 doc.6 rev.1 at 83, 25 I.L.M. 519 (1992). American Convention. 8 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [hereinafter Convention against Torture], Dec. 10, 1984, 1465 U.N.T.S. 85. 9 Case of Ximenes-Lopes v. Brazil, Merits, Reparation and Costs, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 149 (July 4, 2006). 10 Id. 11 Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras, Merits, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 4 (July 29, 1988). 12 Raquel Martí de Mejía v. Perú, Case 10.970, Report No. 5/96, Inter-Am.C.H.R., OEA/Ser.L/V/II.91 Doc. 7 (1996). 13 Case of Fernández Ortega et al. v. Mexico, Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations, and Costs, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 215 (August 30, 2010). 14 Case of Rosendo Cantú and other v. Mexico. Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations, and Costs, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R (ser. C) No. 216 (August 31, 2010). 15 See http://www.cidh.oas.org/annual.eng.htm. 16 Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture, O.A.S. Treaty Series, No. 67, entered into force Feb. 28, 1987, reprinted in Basic Documents Pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System, OEA/Ser.L.V/II.82 doc.6 rev.1 at 83, 25 I.L.M. 519 (1992). 17 Case of the “White Van” (Paniagua-Morales et al.) v. Guatemala, Merits, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 37 (March 8, 1998). 18 Case of Maritza Urrutia v. Guatemala, Merits, Reparations and Costs, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 103 (Nov. 27, 2003). 19 Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, art. 65, Sept. 2, 2011 [hereinafter Rules of Procedure]. 20 Id. 21 Velásquez Rodríguez v. Honduras, Merits, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 4 (July 29, 1988). 22 Case of Blake v. Guatemala, Merits, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 36 (Jan. 24, 1998). 23 Ana, Beatríz and Celia González Pérez v. Mexico, Case 11.565, Report No. 53/01, Inter-Am.C.H.R., OEA/Ser.L/V/II.111 Doc. 20 rev. At 1097 (2001). of Fernández Ortega et al. v. Mexico, Preliminary Objection, Merits, Reparations, and Costs, Judgment, Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 215 (August 30, 2010). 25 Juan Carlos Abella v. Argentina, Case 11.137, Report Nº 55/97, Inter-Am. C.H.R., OEA/Ser.L/V/II.95 Doc. 7 rev. (1997). 26 Juan Humberto Sánchez Case, Judgment, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R., (ser. C) No. 99 (June 7, 2003). 27 Case of Gutiérrez-Soler v. Colombia, Merits, Reparations and Costs, Judgment, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R., (ser. C) No. 132 (September 12, 2005). 28 Id. referencing Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, UNHCR, No.8/Rev.1 (2004). 29 Cabrera Garcia and Rodolfo Montiel Flores v. Mexico, Case 735/01, Report No. 11/04, Inter-Am. C.H.R., OEA/Ser.L/V/II.122 Doc. 5 rev. 1 (2004). 30 Convention against Torture, supra note 3. 31 Id. 32 Id. 33 Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture: Nepal, UN Committee against Torture, CAT/C/NPL/ CO/2 (Dec. 2005), available at http://www.refworld.org/publisher, CAT,,NPL,441182d90,0.html. 34 Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Civil and Political Rights, Including: The Questions of Torture and Detention: Mission to Nepal, E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.5 (Jan. 2006), available at: http:// daccess-dds-ny.un. org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G06/101/19/PDF/ G0610119.pdf?OpenElement. 35 For a full list of reports, see http://nepal.ohchr.org/en/index.html. 36 For a full list of reports, see http://www.advocacyforum.org/ publications/torture.php. 37 Report on Nepal adopted by the Committee against Torture under article 20 of the Convention and comments and observations by the State party, available at http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/ docs/Art20/ NepalAnnexXIII.pdf. 38 Compensation for Torture Act, 1996, Dec. 18, 1996, available at http://www.refworld.org/docid/ 3ae6b4fac.html [accessed 24 July 2013]. 39 United Nations Human Rights Committee, U.N. Doc. CCPR/ C/105/D/1963/2009 (Sep. 2012), available at: http://www.bayefsky. com/pdf/nepal_t5_ccpr_1863_2009.pdf. 40 See G.A. Res. 16/23, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/RES/16/23 (Apr. 12, 2011), available at http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e. aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/16/23. 41 See U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Observations on Communications Transmitted to Governments and Replies Received, U.N. Doc. A/HRC/22/53/Add.4 (Mar. 12, 2013), available at http:// daccess-ods.un.org/TMP/5233557.22427368.html. 42 Convention against Torture, supra note 3. 43 See Kurt v. Turkey, Eur. Ct. H.R. 24276/94 (1998). 43