Recommendation (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6) Situation during visit in 2005 (See E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6) • Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation • lawyers complain about torture during trial, the proceedings are often not altered in any way. This reportedly also applies to death penalty cases A number of Chinese cities have introduced video-taping of interrogations in detention centres using closed-circuit cameras. However, there are no safeguards in place against the cameras being switched off to avoid capturing torture on tape. Detainees were in some cases brought outside the interrogation room and beaten up to avoid the recording of the abuse While Chinese law and prison detention regulations covered medical attention for detainees quite comprehensively, none of the provisions established the prisoners’ rights to independent medical examinations; • The CPL was not in conformity with • Non-governmental sources: The reform of the Criminal Procedure A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 11 (i) Judges and prosecutors should routinely inquire of persons brought from police custody how they have been treated and in any case of doubt (and even in the absence of a formal complaint from the defendant), order an independent medical examination. (j) The reform of the CPL should conform announced in 2005 that eliminating confession through torture was among its priorities Piloting systems of audio and video recording in interrogation rooms Steps taken in previous years (See A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) use by procuratorates by 1 October 2007