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to justice and punished in a manner commensurate with the severity of the offence,
including officials in charge of any place of detention or other place where persons are
deprived of their liberty where the prohibited act is found to have been committed;
19.
Invites the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment and other relevant special procedures, within their
respective mandates, to take the present resolution into account in their future work;
20.
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Welcomes the work of the Special Rapporteur and takes note of his latest
21.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Human
Rights to convene, in 2017, an intersessional, full-day seminar with the participation of
States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, and other relevant
stakeholders, with interpretation in the six official languages of the United Nations, with the
objective of exchanging national experiences and practices on the implementation of
effective safeguards to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment during police custody and pretrial detention, and invites the Office to cooperate
with relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant stakeholders in the
preparation of the seminar;
22.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a summary
report of the above-mentioned seminar, and to submit the report to the Human Rights
Council at its thirty-seventh session.
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