A/HRC/4/33/Add.3 page 3 Annex REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, MANFRED NOWAK, ON HIS MISSION TO JORDAN (25 to 29 June 2006) CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction 1-8 5 LEGAL FRAMEWORK .............................................................. 9 - 24 6 A. International level ................................................................... 9 6 B. Domestic level ........................................................................ 10 - 24 6 1. Constitutional protection of human rights, including the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment .............................. 10 6 2. Provisions of the Penal Code criminalizing torture .......... 11 - 15 6 3. Safeguards against torture and ill-treatment during arrest and detention ............................................... 16 - 21 7 4. Investigation of acts of torture .......................................... 22 - 24 9 II. THE SITUATION OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT .... 25 - 39 10 III. REASONS FOR THE WIDESPREAD PRACTICE OF TORTURE IN JORDAN .............................................................. 40 - 63 13 A. State response to terrorism and threats to national security ... 40 - 47 13 B. Lack of awareness .................................................................. 48 - 51 16 C. Impunity ................................................................................. 52 - 63 17 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ....................... 64 - 73 20 I. IV. ........................................................................................... Page