detained as a result of the attempted coup d'etat in April 1984 had been tried in 1991 and that many of them had been released pursuant to an amnesty. Referring to cetain particular cases of human rights violations that had occurred recently in Cameroonian prisons, the representative expressed the Government's regrets and said that it had recently ordered the Prosecutor of Douala to open an inquiry into the arrest of the persons listed in the Amnesty International report. 270. Referring to specific prov1s1ons of the Convention, the representative informed the Committee that although the legislation in force did not contain any provisions relating to medical examinations of detained persons by independent physicians, the period of time between interrogations or the presence of a lawyer during interrogations, changes to deal with those matters were included in the draft code of penal procedure that was to be submitted shortly to the National Assembly. 271. Concerning article 2, paragraph 2, of the Convention, the representative explained that incommunicado detention could not last for more than 20 days and was a measure rarely applied. It could take place only in connection with judicial inquiry proceedings and was governed by very specific provisions which had nothing to do with emergency measures. During a state of emergency the provisions of the Penal Code and of the Code of Penal Procedure were applied normally and justice was administered according to the procedures provided for by law. 272. With regard to article 3 of the Convention, the representative informed the Committee that the extradition procedure involved arresting any person for whom a warrant of arrest had been communicated hy the requesting State. The arrested person was brought before the Court of Appeal, which had eight days to decide on the admissihility of the request for extradition. If the request was found admissihle, it was then for the President of the Republic to take the final decision concerning extradition. pro has corn 276 ref Com inc nec' sup' sub had 277, ind: pol: gene preI dra1 cha] 278. the prac draf brou 279. repr coul, in y, disal 273. Replying to the question raised in connection with article 5 of the 280. Convention, the representative indicated that the possibility existed for Canleroonian courts to judge a foreigner who had committed an act of torture outside Cameroon. That could be done, for example, according to multilateral treaties which listed crimes in addition to those provided for in article 10 of the Penal Code. reprl were 274. With regard to concerns raised by the Committee under article 6 of the Convention, the representative indicated that some time could elapse before the information on the detention of a foreigner reached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cameroon, which was the only body authorized to contact the diplomatic or consular authorities of another State. In order to fill communication gaps and speed up the communication procedure within Cameroon, a department had been set up to contact the immigration services and to ascertain whether any foreigners were being detained. 275. In connection with article 10 of the Convention, the representative informed the Committee that several schools were making efforts with regard to the training of personnel, including the Senior Police School and the Yaounde School of Medicine. All public officials responsihle for inquiries received instruction in the Penal Code. Moreover, doctors had to be familiar with the -52Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library 281. infol cont. navel 282. effo! requE curn ones Camel 283. respe polio