Poročilo Varuha človekovih pravic Republike Slovenije o izvajanju nalog državnega preventivnega mehanizma za leto 2011 12. Poziva države, da skladno s Konvencijo o pravicah invalidov8 zagotovijo celovito vključitev pravic invalidov v preprečevanje mučenja in varovanje pred njim ter pozdravlja prizadevanje posebnega poročevalca na tem področju; 13. Spodbuja vse države k zagotavljanju, da osebe, obsojene zaradi mučenja ali drugega krutega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja, ne sodelujejo več pri pridržanju ali zasliševanju priprtih, pridržanih, zaprtih ali tistih, ki jim je prostost odvzeta kako drugače, ali ne sodelujejo pri ravnanju z njimi in da osebe, obtožene mučenja ali drugega krutega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja, do razsodbe ne sodelujejo pri pridržanju ali zasliševanju priprtih, pridržanih, zaprtih ali tistih, ki jim je prostost odvzeta kako drugače, ali ne sodelujejo pri ravnanju z njimi; 14. Poudarja, da je mučenje v oboroženih spopadih huda kršitev mednarodnega humanitarnega prava in pomeni vojno hudodelstvo, da je mučenje lahko kaznivo dejanje zoper človečnost in da je treba storilce teh dejanj preganjati in kaznovati, in v zvezi s tem pozdravlja prizadevanje mednarodnega kazenskega sodišča za prenehanje nekaznovanja z uveljavljanjem odgovornosti in kaznovanjem storilcev takih dejanj v skladu z Rimskim statutom3 ter spodbuja države, ki tega še niso storile, da ratificirajo omenjeni statut ali pristopijo k njemu; 15. Poziva države k zagotavljanju, da se nobena izjava, za katero se ugotovi, da je bila dana zaradi mučenja, ne uporabi kot dokaz v nobenem postopku, razen kot dokaz proti osebi, obtoženi mučenja, spodbuja države, da tako prepoved razširijo na izjave, dane zaradi krutega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja, in priznava ustrezno utemeljene izjave, tudi priznanja, ki se uporabijo v postopku, kot eno od varoval za preprečevanje mučenja in drugega krutega, nečloveškega ali poniževalnega ravnanja ali kaznovanja; 16. Poudarja, da države ne smejo kaznovati osebja za neizpolnitev ukazov, da morajo storiti ali prikriti dejanja, ki pomenijo mučenje ali drugo kruto, nečloveško ali poniževalno ravnanje ali kaznovanje; 17. Poziva države, da prisilno ne odstranijo, vrnejo, izročijo ali kako drugače premestijo osebe v drugo državo, če obstajajo resni razlogi za sum, da bi bila lahko izpostavljena mučenju, poudarja pomen učinkovitih pravnih in postopkovnih jamstev v zvezi s tem ter se zaveda, da diplomatska zagotovila, kadar se uporabljajo, držav ne odvezujejo obveznosti po mednarodnem pravu človekovih pravic ter begunskem in humanitarnem pravu, predvsem glede načela nevračanja; 18. Opozarja, da morajo pristojni organi pri ugotavljanju, ali taki razlogi obstajajo, upoštevati vse pomembne dejavnike, kjer je primerno, tudi to, ali v državi obstaja jasen vzorec velikih, grobih ali množičnih kršitev človekovih pravic; 19. Poziva države pogodbenice Konvencije proti mučenju in drugim krutim, nečloveškim ali poniževalnim kaznim ali ravnanju1, da izpolnijo obveznost glede kazenskega pregona ali izročitve domnevnih storilcev mučenja, in ob upoštevanju potrebe po boju proti nekaznovanju spodbuja druge države, da storijo enako; 8 148 Zbirka pogodb Združenih narodov, zv. 2515, št. 44910.. Državni preventivni mehanizem v Republiki Sloveniji po Opcijskem protokolu h Konvenciji OZN proti mučenju in drugim krutim, nečloveškim ali poniževalnim kaznim ali ravnanju Implementation of the Duties and Powers of the National Preventive Mechanism in 2011 12. Calls upon States to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities, bearing in mind the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities8, are fully integrated into torture prevention and protection, and welcomes the efforts of the Special Rapporteur in this regard; 13. Encourages all States to ensure that persons convicted of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment have no subsequent involvement in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any person under arrest, detention, imprisonment or other deprivation of liberty and that persons charged with torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment have no involvement in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any person under arrest, detention, imprisonment or other deprivation of liberty while such charges are pending; 14. Emphasizes that acts of torture in armed conflict are serious violations of international humanitarian law and in this regard constitute war crimes, that acts of torture can constitute crimes against humanity and that the perpetrators of all acts of torture must be prosecuted and punished, and in this regard notes the efforts of the International Criminal Court to end impunity by seeking to ensure accountability and punishment of perpetrators of such acts, in accordance with the Rome Statute3, bearing in mind its principle of complementarity, and encourages States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying or acceding to the Rome Statute; 15. Strongly urges States to ensure that no statement that is established to have been made as a result of torture is invoked as evidence in any proceedings, except against a person accused of torture as evidence that the statement was made, encourages States to extend that prohibition to statements made as a result of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and recognizes that adequate corroboration of statements, including confessions, used as evidence in any proceedings constitutes one safeguard for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 16. Stresses that States must not punish personnel for not obeying orders to commit or conceal acts amounting to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; 17. Urges States not to expel, return (“refouler”), extradite or in any other way transfer a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that the person would be in danger of being subjected to torture, stresses the importance of effective legal and procedural safeguards in this regard, and recognizes that diplomatic assurances, where used, do not release States from their obligations under international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law, in particular the principle of non-refoulement; 18. Recalls that, for the purpose of determining whether there are such grounds, the competent authorities shall take into account all relevant considerations, including, where applicable, the existence in the State concerned of a consistent pattern of gross, flagrant or mass violations of human rights; 19. Calls upon States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment1 to fulfil their obligation to submit for prosecution or extradite those alleged to have committed acts of torture, and encourages other States to do likewise, bearing in mind the need to fight impunity; 8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910. National Preventive Mechanism in the Republic of Slovenia under the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 149