CAT/C/75 page 20 6. Tamaulipas State Human Rights Commission 70. The President of the Tamaulipas State Human Rights Commission also informed the Committee members that torture had declined during the 1990s, but that incidents continued to occur. If such treatment was inflicted for the purpose of obtaining information, the Commission classified it as torture under State law. If that was not the purpose, it was categorized differently, for example as abuse of authority or bodily injury.18 71. The Commission’s annual report for 2000 contains the following summary of some of the complaints it received of violations of the right to personal integrity and security: Complaints Total Offences against honour (blows or minor acts of physical violence; insults; defamation; and other forms of humiliation) 114 Bodily injury 114 Intimidation 85 Threats 77 Torture 33 72. The report also contains a summary of the 157 recommendations issued by the Commission during the year. Some 45 of them categorize the incidents as, among other things, bodily injury or, to a lesser extent, torture, excessive use of force or violation of the right to personal integrity. 73. The 1999 report gives the following figures for complaints received: Complaints Beatings Total 101 Bodily injury 83 Threats 77 Intimidation 66 Physical violence 50 Torture 34 Violation of the right to personal integrity and security 32 74. According to the report, recommendations were issued on the following violations: beatings (28), torture (7), harassment (6), bodily injury (6), ill-treatment (4), threats (2), abuse of authority (1).19 75. The members of the Committee consider that, the Commission’s classification notwithstanding, many of these cases may constitute torture under article 1 of the Convention.

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