International Committee of the Red Cross in his country, which indicated that this body 110 longer viewed the situation in Chile with the same degree of concern. 240. The members of the Committee welcomed the report and the additional information provided by the representative of Chile in his introduction, in particular with regard to the withdrawal by the Government of the reservations to the Convention. The report provided an unusual and detailed ~nalywis of the systematic use of torture under the former regime and gave evidence of radical changes in the Chilean legal framework. However, in the view of members of the Committee it was necessary to provide more detailed inf()~ation with rer:ard to the implementation of individual articles of the Convention as well as on the actual structure ~f the o~ganization of the police, the ~1(lbinerQs Ind the military, including their relation to the civil Government, and to iudicate whether any reforms were envisaged in this respect. Members of the Committee inquired whether the Convention had been incorporated into domestic law. They also wished to know whether an official State body ~ad been charged with the coordination of the struggle against torture and whether measures had been taken to encourage the population to denounce acts of torture. In particular, it was asked whether the Chilean population had been made aware of the existence of the Committee against Torture and whether the population had been informed of the inaccura~y of the report submitted by the former Government. 241. In connection with article 1 of the Convention, members of the Committee wished to know whether the definition ot torture given in that article had been incorporated into Chilean law. 242. With reference to article 2 of the Convention, members of the Committee sought information on measures taken to prevent and punish acts of torture, rspecially with regard to the participation of doctors and acts of violence committed by carabin,ros. They wished to know what provisions applied to detention in a state of emergency and whether any new provisions had been adopted to give effe~t to paragraph 3 of this article relating to orders from a superior. It was a!80 asked whether the remedy of habeas corpus was available under the current constitutional system. 243. With regard to article 3 of the Convontion, members of the Committee asked what the position was oC the Chilean Government with regard to the issues of expUlsion and non-refoulement. 244. Referring to article 4 of the Convention, members of the Committee asked whether torture as such was considered as a punishable offence. In particular, they wished to know whether ill-treatment would be regarded as torture resulting in injury if psychological sequelae could be proven without any trace of physical torture. They also wished to know whether any measures of amnesty were envisaged and, :f so, whether they would apply to both civil and penal claims. Information was reQUvsted on whether officials responsible for torture at the highest level oC authority in the dictatorial regime, inclUding judges of the Supreme Cuurt, were being prosecuted. It. was also asked what measures had been taken to prosecuto those having taken part in acts uf torture, especially with regard to doctors and carobinetQB. -45-