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investigación e integración de casos que podrían constituir violaciones a los derechos humanos
de los defensores civiles. En este mismo sentido, la CNDH establece comunicación con cada uno
de los defensores y realiza una investigación a fin de determinar si el asunto constituye una
violación a derechos humanos o bien se trata de hechos que no se imputan a alguna autoridad o
servidor público.
409.
En el ámbito de la promoción y difusión de los derechos humanos, la CNDH, a través
de la Secretaria Técnica del Consejo Consultivo, cuenta con un Programa de Relaciones con
Organizaciones Sociales. Para la CNDH es fundamental establecer vínculos de colaboración
permanentes con las organizaciones no gubernamentales, para articular esfuerzos en la búsqueda
de soluciones a la problemática en materia de derechos humanos.
Nepal
Follow-up to the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur in the report of his visit to
Nepal in September 2005 (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.5).
410.
The Special Rapporteur notes that the restoration of the House of Representatives in
April 2006, the naming of a Prime Minister and the announcement of ceasefires by both sides
has had a positive impact with regard to stopping incommunicado detention and torture of those
suspected of belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal – Maoist (CPN-M). However, the
question of accountability for torture, the routine torture and ill-treatment of criminal suspects by
police, and limitations on rights to due process, as well as issues related to the use of excessive
force remain to be addressed. The Special Rapporteur expresses continued concern about abuses
committed by CPN-M in the context of their “law enforcement” activities, including deaths in
captivity, torture and ill-treatment, incommunicado detention in buildings which are not places
of detention. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed on 21 November 2006
prohibits arbitrary detention, abduction, disappearances and torture/ill-treatment and sets out
commitments by both parties “not to encourage impunity.”
411.
Recommendation (a) stated: The highest authorities, particularly those responsible
for law enforcement activities, declare unambiguously that the culture of impunity must
end and that torture and ill treatment by public officials will not be tolerated and will be
prosecuted;
412.
According to information received from NGOs and other sources, in spite of
affirmations by state authorities that torture will not be tolerated and that those responsible will
be punished, there is little evidence that this is the case. The legislative framework remains
weak, and no state official has been prosecuted and sentenced by an independent court (see
below).
413.
As indicated above, the 21 November CPA prohibits torture and arbitrary detention by
both parties:
5.2.2. Both sides agree to make public the status of the people under one's custody and
release them within 15 days.
(Comment: This provision suggests that all prisoners will be released, but it is not clear
how it will be interpreted.)
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