prison conditions, he referred to relevant info~Ktion submitted to the Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimi~ation and Protoction of Minorities. 115. Referring to article 12 of the Convention, the representative affirmed that when a p.rson died in prison, Dn inquiry was immediately made and that there had been no case of death under t~rture. 116. In connection with article 14 of the Convention, the representative said that the amount of damages paid to victims of torture in Turkey was proportionate to the seriousness of the injury suffered. Turkey had no network of voluntary organizations concerned with the rehabilitation of torture vict!ms. Concluding obseryatiops 117. Members of the Committee thanked the representKtive of Turkey for his frank replies. The report and the oral explanations pr6~ented showed that the Turkish Government had clearly embarked upon a process of legislative reform. N~vertheless, it should take steps specifically to put an end to the practice of torture which was still widespread in the country. The Turkish Government wes aware of the concern which that situation was arousing within the international community and was endeavouring to remedy it. It was to be hoped that its efforts would lead to concrete results which should be reflected in Turkey's next periodic report. For its part, the Committee would continue to pay close attention to events in Turkey in the hope that the problem of torture would finally be eliminated ahd that all persons responsible for committing acts of torture would be duly punished. Ecuador 118. The Committee considered the initial report of Ecuador (CAT/C/7/Add.7) at its 61st meeting, held on 14 November 1990 (CAT/C/SR.61). 119. The report was introduced by the representativ~ of the State party, who stressed that human rights education, training and information for law enforcement officials and members of the military were being provided by the Ecuadorian Government and various national institutions to combat torture and to ensure that human rights were properly perceived as being essential to the maintenance of social stability. He drew particular attention to the establishment in his country, with the participation of tbe Catholic Church and the Latin American Association for Human Rights, of a high-level, inter-agency commission to monitor police procedures and investigate complaints of human rights violations. A Special Commission of Inquiry, composed of lawmakers from all political parties represented in Congress and which had broad investigatory, administrative and educational functions in connection with complaints of human rights violations, had also been established. 120. Members of the Committee welcomed the efforts being made in Ecuador to promote human rights and, more specifically, to eliminate the practice of torture. However, they regretted that the report provided insufficient information on the measures Ecuador had actually taken to give effect to its undertakings under the Convention. Moreover, the report did not comply with the qeneral guidelines established by the Committee for the preparation of -23-