A/HRC/7/3/Add.4
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Annex
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE AND
OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT
OR PUNISHMENT, MANFRED NOWAK, ON HIS MISSION TO
NIGERIA (4 TO 10 MARCH 2007)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ....................................................................................................
I.
Page
1-9
6
LEGAL FRAMEWORK .................................................................
10 - 35
8
A.
International level ....................................................................
10 - 12
8
B.
Regional level ..........................................................................
13 - 14
8
C.
Domestic level .........................................................................
15 - 35
8
1. Constitutional protection of human rights, including
the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman
or degrading treatment or punishment .............................
15 - 17
8
2. Provisions of the Criminal Code and Penal Code
criminalizing torture ........................................................
18 - 22
9
3. Safeguards against torture and ill-treatment
during arrest and detention ..............................................
23 - 28
10
4. Complaints and investigation of acts of torture ...............
29 - 33
11
5. Compensation ..................................................................
34
12
6. Prevention ........................................................................
35
12
II.
THE SITUATION OF TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT .......
36 - 49
12
III.
CONDITIONS OF DETENTION ...................................................
50 - 55
16
IV.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, SHARIA PENAL CODE
PUNISHMENTS, AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ......................
56 - 61
17
A.
Corporal punishment ................................................................
56 - 58
17
B.
Sharia penal codes ....................................................................
59 - 60
17
C.
Capital punishment ...................................................................
61
18
V.
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION .............................................
62
18
VI.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ..........................
63 - 76
18
A.
Conclusions...............................................................................
63 - 74
18
B.
Recommendations.....................................................................
75 - 76
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