Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Any public official indicted for abuse or torture, including prosecutors and judges implicated in colluding in or ignoring evidence, be immediately suspended from duty pending trial, and prosecuted (f) None Victims receive substantial compensation and adequate medical treatment and rehabilitation (g) No mechanism in place Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) • Article 183 CPC provides that a suspect can be suspended from duty by a judge if some preconditions are fulfilled. Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation • • • • • • A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 27 • CPC article 30(1) provides that a person harmed by any crime can attach a civil action for compensation to a criminal case with CPC article 33(4) containing a safeguard ensuring the protection of the best interests of the victims CPC article 33(4), which provides that the failure to identify the perpetrator is not a hindrance for a victim to bring an action before the civil courts on the basis of state liability, came into force on 1 January 2007 CPC article219-229 deal with compensation for damages sustained as a result of illegal government bodies Government 2008: Para. 1(4) of the Anti-Torture Action Plan aims at the implementation of the rule that any public official charged with abuse or torture shall be suspended from duty Statistical data on administrative and criminal liability of the police in 2008: Notice (114); Reprimand (171); Severe reprimand and warning (78); Demotion (5); Dismissal (303); Recommendation Notice (107); Suspension from duty (9); Warning (9); and Prohibition of the right of three discharges (1) Government 2008: Acknowledges the lack of awareness among victims and lawyers of existing possibilities of redress; for this reason, campaigns aimed to raise awareness are foreseen by para. 5(3) of the Anti-Torture Action Plan The latter also contains detailed provisions on adequate medical treatment and rehabilitation