Article 8 17. By virtue of article 8 of the Convention, the States parties undertake to recognize torture as an extraditable offence for purposes of facilitating the extradition of persons suspected of having committed acts of torture and/or the related crimes of attempting to commit and complicity and participation in torture. The report should include information on: • Whether torture and related crimes are considered by the reporting State as extraditable offences; • Whether the reporting State makes extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty; • Whether the reporting State considers the Convention as the legal basis for extradition in respect of the offences referred to above; • Extradition treaties between the reporting State and other States parties to the Convention that include torture as an extraditable offence; • Cases where the reporting State granted the extradition of persons alleged to have committed any of the offences referred to above. Article 9 18. By virtue of this article the States parties undertake to provide mutual judicial assistance in all matters of criminal procedure regarding the offence of torture and related crimes of attempting to commit, complicity and participation in torture. Reports shall include information on: • Legal provisions, including any treaties, concerning mutual judicial assistance that apply in the case of the above-mentioned offences; • Cases involving the offence of torture in which mutual assistance was requested by or from the reporting State, including the result of the request. Article 10 19. By virtue of this article and related article 16, States are obliged to train, inter alia, medical and law enforcement personnel, judicial officials and other persons involved with custody, interrogation or treatment of persons under State or official control on matters related to the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The report should include information on: 98 • Training programmes on the above-mentioned subject for persons charged with the various functions enumerated in article 10 of the Convention; • Information on the training of medical personnel dealing with detainees or asylum-seekers to detect physical and psychological marks of torture and training of judicial and other officers;

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