(c) Any public official indicted for abuse of torture, including prosecutors and judges implicated in colluding in torture or ignoring evidence, should be immediately suspended from duty pending trial, and prosecuted. (d) The declaration should be made with respect to article 22 of CAT recognizing the competence of the Committee against Torture to receive and consider communications from individuals who claim to be victims of a violation of the provisions of the Convention. CAT (e) Those legally arrested should not be Situation during visit in 2005 (See E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6) The Public Security Organs’ Regulations on Pursuing Responsibility for Policemen’s Errors in Implementing the Law and other regulations stipulated that “responsibility for ‘errors’, including forcing confessions or testimony, will not be pursued where the law is unclear or judicial interpretations inconsistent” and allowed for a number of exceptions. No declaration made to recognize individual complaint procedure. The Criminal Procedure Law (CPL) gave public security Steps taken in previous years (See A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation measures implemented and progress made by the government in this respect. Non-governmental sources: Perpetrators of torture are rarely suspended, indicted or held accountable. Non-governmental sources: The Criminal Procedure Law has not been revised, and A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 8 Recommendation (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6)

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