E/CN.4/1997/7/Add.3 page 29 11.The instrument of ratification of this Convention was deposited with the United Nations on 29 July 1991. At the close of this report, Venezuela had still not submitted its initial report to the Committee against Torture established by the Convention, despite the fact that it should have done so in 1992. See Report of the Committee against Torture , Official Records of the General Assembly, Fiftieth Session, Supplement No. 44 (A/50/44). 12.“Official letter to a representative to the Public Prosecutor's Office concerning steps to be taken to request and conduct an información de nudo hecho procedure”, Informe del Fiscal General de la República al Congreso de la República ,(report by the Attorney-General to the Congress of the Republic), 1995, vol. II, pp. 304-305. 13.Ibid., p. 316. 14. Informe del Fiscal General de la República al Congreso de la República 1994, vol. II, p. 33. 15.A summary of these replies is given in the Special Rapporteur's report (E/CN.4/1997/7/Add.1). 16.Nineteen persons detained in Guasdualito; see above, para. 29. 17.According to article 224, once pre-trial proceedings have been completed, the Military Investigating Judge orders the case to be referred to the President of the Republic for the latter to decide whether to proceed with the case or not. Under the terms of article 226, if the President of the Republic decides to suspend the case, the file is returned to the Investigating Judge, who must comply with the decision and order the case to be filed. 18.Julio César Fernández Toro: “La seguridad jurídica in Venezuela” (Legal Security in Venezuela) in El Desarrollo Humano en Venezuela (Human Development in Venezuela), UNDP, 1994, pp. 191-192. 19.The Judicature Council is in charge of administering the system of courts placed under the Supreme Court of Justice. Its powers cover the appointment, training, assessment and disciplining of magistrates, as well as budgetary matters. 20.Report by the Attorney-General, 1995, op. cit., vol. II, pp. 317-318. 21.Under the terms of this law, against which there are currently several actions of unconstitutionality as well as a reform project, the administrative authority of a State can order the detention, even for several years, of individuals merely on the grounds of being considered dangerous. 22.Report by the Attorney-General, 1995, op. cit., p. 283. 23.The World Bank and Judicial Reform in Venezuela, op. cit., p. 40. 24.According to official information, only some 15 per cent of prison inmates work, for four or five hours per day, five days a week. 25.Report by the Attorney-General, 1995, op. cit., p. 321. ----- ,