E/CN.4/1999/61/Add.1 page 33 Notes 1/ Brogan and Others v. the United Kingdom, Judgement of the European Court of Human Rights, 29 November 1998, para. 62. 2/ See Brannigan and McBride v. United Kingdom (5/1992/350/423-424) (22 April 1993), paras. 62-66; Aksoy v. Turkey, ECHR (100/1995/606/695) (18 December 1996), paras. 82-83. 3/ In Terán Jijón v. Ecuador, No. 277/1988, the Committee found a five-day period to violate article 9.3. 4/ In this respect the Special Rapporteur notes and endorses the following definition of the Committee against Torture: “The Committee considers that torture is practised systematically when it is apparent that torture cases reported have not occurred fortuitously in a particular place or at a particular time, but are seen to be habitual, widespread and deliberate in at least a considerable part of the territory of the country in question.” (A/48/44/Add.1, para. 39).