Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2012
2. States Parties shall carry out their obligations under paragraph I of this
article in conformity with any treaties on mutual judicial assistance that may exist
between them.
Article 10
1. Each State Party shall ensure that education and information regarding the
prohibition against torture are fully included in the training of law enforcement
personnel, civil or military, medical personnel, public officials and other persons
who may be involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of any individual
subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment.
2. Each State Party shall include this prohibition in the rules or instructions
issued in regard to the duties and functions of any such person.
Article 11
Each State Party shall keep under systematic 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
in any territory under its jurisdiction, with a view to preventing any cases of torture.
Article 12
Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities proceed to
a prompt and impartial investigation, wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been committed in any territory under its jurisdiction.
Article 13
Each State Party shall ensure that any individual who alleges he has been subjected to torture in any territory under its jurisdiction has the right to complain to,
and to have his case promptly and impartially examined by, its competent authorities. Steps shall be taken to ensure that the complainant and witnesses are protected against all ill-treatment or intimidation as a consequence of his complaint
or any evidence given.
Article 14
1. Each State Party shall ensure in its legal system that the victim of an act of
torture obtains redress and has an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as full rehabilitation as possible. In the event of the
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