-- ------ 145. Concerning article 13 of the Convention. the representative said that the Act on the Execution of Prison Sentences of 1964. as amended by Act No. 178/19g0. authorized detainees to lodge complaints which were to be considered by the competent authorities as expeditiously as possible. 150. Provi contr guara 146. In connection with article 14 of the Convention. the representative informed the Committee that thousands of persons who had been arrested on political grounds had sufferd from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment under the previous regime. Under a court ruling. such persons were having their rights restored and were receiving compensation. although Czechoslovak law did not yet provide for the award of compensation for personal injuries sustained during the earlier period. Const conne indiv both admb Concluding ohservatiQns 147. In its concluding remarks. the Committee welcomed the efforts being made by the Czechoslovak Government to fully implement the Convention. It also expressed the hope that the new Czechoslovak penal code would place greater emphasis on action to combat torture and inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment and that it would. in particular. include a definition of torture. Similarly, the new code of penal procedure should also be as much in line with the Convention as possible. The Committee expressed the hope that those parts of the penal code providing for the participation of doctors in decisions to place detainees in solitary confinement would be fully implemented so that no one was so detained without prior medical examination. It further suggested that the C2echoslovak authorities should draw up a programme which would enable lawyers, doctors and concerned officials to become familiar with the Convention. Finally. the Committee hoped that the replies which the Czechoslovak delegation had not been able to provide would be contained in the next periodic report. That report should indicate, in particular, whether the public prosecutor continued to monitor the administration of justice and contain further details on the question of the conformity of Czechoslovak legislation with the Convention, particUlarly its articles 3, 4 and 5. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 148. The Committee considered the initial report of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (CAT/C/9/Add.7) at its 93rd meeting. on 14 November 1991 (CAT/C/SR.93). 149. The report was introduced hy the representative of the State party, who noted that the provisions of the Convention were binding nationally and that any person was entitled to invoke them before a Libyan court. Concerning domestic legislation that offered protection from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, the representative referred. in particular, to article 2 of the Civil Code. which entitled any person to complain of non-observance or abuses with regard to respect for fundamental freedoms of the individual in general; article 435 of the Penal Code, which provided that any official committing or ordering torture of accused persons was liable to imprisonment; article 36 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. which provided that no person could be arrested except by the competent authorities and by order of the judicial authorities; and article 30 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which upheld article 13 of the Convention. -30- Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library 151state matte relev had n the c safeg provi confe as nu charg the r, respo the 0 152. I the C, priso: autho Publi, of pr. might 153. 1 steps mater. in la1 154. J Convel pointl actiol and wl 155. ~ its rl Membel necesl tortUl They l educat rules crimef jurisc