UNITED NATIONS E Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/1996/35 9 January 1996 Original: ENGLISH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-second session Item 8 (a) of the provisional agenda QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT, IN PARTICULAR: TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT Report of the Special Rapporteur, Mr. Nigel S. Rodley, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1995/37 CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction I. II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MANDATE AND METHODS OF WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . INFORMATION REVIEWED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR WITH RESPECT TO VARIOUS COUNTRIES . . . . . . . . . Albania . Algeria . Argentina Austria . Bahamas . Bahrain . Bangladesh Bolivia . Brazil . . Bulgaria . Burundi . GE.96-10156 (E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 1 - 2 4 3 - 17 6 18 - 195 10 20 24 26 28 10 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 13 13 13 30 31 34 36 37 38 39 23 25 27 29 33 35