CAT/C/75
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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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