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Legal provisions, including any treaties, concerning mutual judicial assistance that
apply in the case of the above-mentioned offences;
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Cases involving the offence of torture in which mutual assistance was requested by or
from the reporting State, including the result of the request.
Article 10
19.
By virtue of this article and related article 16, States are obliged to train, inter alia,
medical and law enforcement personnel, judicial officials and other persons involved with
custody, interrogation or treatment of persons under State or official control on matters related to
the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The report
should include information on:
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Training programmes on the above-mentioned subject for persons charged with the
various functions enumerated in article 10 of the Convention;
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Information on the training of medical personnel dealing with detainees or
asylum-seekers to detect physical and psychological marks of torture and training of
judicial and other officers;
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The nature and frequency of the instruction and training;
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Information on any training that ensures appropriate and respectful treatment of
women, juveniles, and ethnic, religious or other divers groups, particularly regarding
forms of torture that disproportionately affect these groups;
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The effectiveness of the various programmes.
Article 11
20.
By virtue of this article and related article 16, States are obliged to keep under review
interrogation rules, instructions, methods and practices as well as arrangements for the custody
and treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment with a view
to preventing torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The report
should include information on:
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Laws, regulations and instructions concerning the treatment of persons deprived of
their liberty;
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Information on measures requiring prompt notification of and access to lawyers,
doctors, family members and, in the case of foreign nationals, consular notification;
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The degree to which the following rules and principles are reflected in the domestic
law and practice of the State: the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of
Prisoners; the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners; the Body of Principles
for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment;
Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly