Torture Reform Assessment: Uzbekistan’s

Implementation of the Recommendations of the
Special Rapporteur on Torture

March 18, 2005

Summary

Introduction

Comments on government action on the Special Rapporteur’s recommendations

Condemnation of Torture

Amendment of the Criminal Code to Include the Crime of Torture

Habeas Corpus

Judicial Independence

Investigations of Torture Allegations

Accountability for Torturers

Monitoring Places of Detention

Inquiry into Treatment of Detainees

Inadmissibility of Evidence Gained Illegally

Access to Defense Attorneys

Access to Forensic Exams and Training of Law Enforcement Officials

Ministry of Justice Authority over Places of Detention

Reparation for Victims of Torture

Ombudsman’s Office

Relatives of Persons Sentenced to Death

Jaslyk Prison Colony

Respect for U.N. Mechanisms

Ongoing Torture

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