A/HRC/10/44/Add.1 page 7 20. As for the international community, the Special Rapporteur notes that, as a result of the discovery of considerable oil reserves on Equatorial Guinean territory, many transnational corporations are operating in the country. In addition, a number of bilateral and multilateral donors have technical assistance programmes under way, including in the areas of law enforcement and the administration of justice. The Special Rapporteur calls on all the international actors present in the country, including transnational corporations, to take note of his assessment that torture is systematically practised by the police, and to ensure that, in their projects and initiatives, they do not become accomplices to violations of the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment.2 ----- 2 On the question of complicity see for example the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises A/HRC/8/5, in particular paragraphs 73-81.

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