Complaints in which the Committee has found violations of the Convention up to the fortieth session State party AUSTRIA Case Halimi-Nedibi Quani, 8/1991 Nationality and country of removal if applicable Yugoslav Views adopted on 18 November 1993 Issues and violations found Failure to investigate allegations of torture article 12 Interim measures granted and State party response None Remedy recommended The State party is requested to ensure that similar violations do not occur in the future. Due date for State party response None Date of reply 12 January 2007 State party response The decision of the Committee was communicated to the heads of all public prosecutors’ offices. The prosecution authorities were asked to follow the general principles contained in the Committee’s relevant Views. The Decree of the Federal Ministry for Justice dated 30 September 1999 reaffirmed the standing instruction to the prosecutors’ offices to follow up on every case of an allegation of mistreatment by law enforcement authorities by launching preliminary investigations or by means of judicial pretrial inquiries. Concurrently, the Federal Ministry of the Interior requested the law enforcement authorities to give notice to the competent prosecutors’ offices of allegations of mistreatment raised against their own officials and of other indications pointing to a relevant case without any delay. Furthermore, Decree of the Ministry of Interior of 10 November 2000 set forth that law enforcement authorities are bound to transmit a description of the facts or the 108