Situation during visit Steps taken in previous years (A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 and A/HRC/16/52/Add.2) kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity.‖ Law no. 39/1999 provides a broader and more comprehensive scope with regard to the definition of torture. 74. The declaration should be Indonesia had not made a made with respect to article 22 declaration under article 22 of the Convention recognizing UNCAT. the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider communications from individuals who claim to be victims of a violation of the provisions of the Convention. 75. The Government should ensure that corporal punishment, independently of the physical suffering it causes, is explicitly criminalized in all parts of the country. Sharia law, incorporated into the 2005 Aceh Criminal Code, provided for flogging and affected disproportionally women; Non-governmental sources: No declaration has been made under article 22. Non-governmental sources: In September 2009 the Aceh Legislative Council adopted a new Islamic Criminal Legal Code which imposes severe sentences for consensual extra-marital sexual relations, rape, homosexuality, Corporal punishment was alcohol consumption and gambling. regularly applied in several Among other sanctions, the Code prisons and openly acknowledged imposes the punishment of stoning to by prison officials; death for adultery for those who are Despite a prohibition of corporal married; 100 cane lashes for adultery committed by those individuals who are punishment of children, minors and children were at high risk of unmarried; caning for individuals engaging in sexual activities out of corporal punishment in their wedlock; although the law is applicable families, schools, and in to the population as a whole, in practice detention. women are far more likely to become victims of stoning due to patriarchal and discriminatory practices and policies, as well as biological differences such as Information received in the reporting period A/HRC/19/61/Add.3 110 Recommendations (A/HRC/7/3/Add.7, para. 7292)

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