CAT/C/4/Rev.3 page 6 Article 7 16. This article contains the obligation of the State to initiate prosecutions relating to acts of torture whenever it has jurisdiction, unless it extradites the alleged offender. The report should provide information on: • Measures to ensure the fair treatment of the alleged offender at all stages of the proceedings, including the right to legal counsel, the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty, the right to equality before courts, etc.; • Measures to ensure that the standards of evidence required for prosecution and conviction apply equally in cases where the alleged offender is a foreigner who committed acts of torture abroad; • Examples of practical implementation of the measures referred to above. Article 8 17. By virtue of article 8 of the Convention, the States parties undertake to recognize torture as an extraditable offence for purposes of facilitating the extradition of persons suspected of having committed acts of torture and/or the related crimes of attempting to commit and complicity and participation in torture. The report should include information on: • Whether torture and related crimes are considered by the reporting State as extraditable offences; • Whether the reporting State makes extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty; • Whether the reporting State considers the Convention as the legal basis for extradition in respect of the offences referred to above; • Extradition treaties between the reporting State and other States parties to the Convention that include torture as an extraditable offence; • Cases where the reporting State granted the extradition of persons alleged to have committed any of the offences referred to above. Article 9 18. By virtue of this article the States parties undertake to provide mutual judicial assistance in all matters of criminal procedure regarding the offence of torture and related crimes of attempting to commit, complicity and participation in torture. Reports shall include information on: