E/CN.4/1990/17 page 84 (d) Any person who is arrested should be medically examined immediately after his arrest. Such examination should take place regularly, and in any case should be compulsory whenever the detainee is transferred to another place of detention; (e) All interrogation sessions should be recorded; the identity of all persons present should be included in the records. Evidence obtained from the detainee during non-recorded interrogations should not be admitted in court; (f) All places of detention should be regularly inspected by independent inspection teams. Such teams should be allowed to speak with detainees in private; (g) In every case of death of a person during his detention or shortly after his release, an inquiry into the cause of death and the circumstances surrounding it should be held by a judicial or other impartial authority; (h) Everyone should be entitled to file a complaint about torture or severe maltreatment with an indepedent authority; the official in charge of the investigation of the detainee's case cannot be considered to he an independent authority; (i) Whenever a person is found to be responsible for acts of torture or severe maltreatment he should be brought to trial; if found guilty, be should be severely punished; (j) The Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, the Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners should be translated into national languages and used as teaching material during training courses for law enforcement personnel and members of the security forces entrusted with the task of protecting internal law and order. In particular, such personnel should be instructed on their duty to disobey orders received from a superior to practise torture.

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