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such offences as extraditable offences between themselves subject to the conditions provided by the law of
the requested State.
4. Such offences shall be treated, for the purpose of
extradition between States Parties, as if they had
been committed not only in the place in which they
occurred but also in the territories of the States
required to establish their jurisdiction in accordance
with article 5, paragraph 1.
Article 9
1. States Parties shall afford one another the greatest
measure of assistance in connection with criminal
proceedings brought in respect of any of the offences
referred to in article 4, including the supply of all evidence at their disposal necessary for the proceedings.
2. States Parties shall carry out their obligations under
paragraph 1 of this article in conformity with any
treaties on mutual judicial assistance that may exist
between them.
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.
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
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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
1, 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.
PART II
Article 17
1. There shall be established a Committee against
Torture (hereinafter referred to as the Committee)
which shall carry out the functions hereinafter provided. The Committee shall consist of ten experts
of high moral standing and recognized competence
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