A/HRC/7/3/Add.6 page 4 Annex REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT, MANFRED NOWAK, ON HIS MISSION TO SRI LANKA (1 to 8 October 2007) CONTENTS Paragraphs Page 1 - 17 5 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................... 18 - 69 10 A. International level .................................................................... 18 - 21 10 B. National level ........................................................................... 22 - 69 10 Constitutional protection of human rights, including the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ................................. 22 - 23 10 2. Provisions in legislation criminalizing torture ................. 24 - 30 11 3. Safeguards against torture and ill-treatment during arrest and detention .............................................. 31 - 48 12 4. Complaints and investigations of acts of torture ............. 49 - 62 15 5. Compensation .................................................................. 63 - 69 18 II. THE SITUATION OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT ......... 70 - 82 19 III. CONDITIONS OF DETENTION ..................................................... 83 - 89 22 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 90 - 95 24 Introduction .................................................................................................... I. 1. A. Conclusions ............................................................................ 90 - 93 24 B. Recommendations .................................................................. 94 - 95 24 Appendix. Places of detention - individual cases ................................................................ 26