Version as at
1 July 2023
Crimes of Torture Act 1989
Schedule 1
Parties undertake to include such offences as extraditable offences in every
extradition treaty to be concluded between them.
2.
If a State Party which makes extradition conditional on the existence of a treaty
receives a request for extradition from another State Party with which it has
no extradition treaty, it may consider this Convention as the legal basis for
extradition in respect of such offences. Extradition shall be subject to the other
conditions provided by the law of the requested State.
3.
States Parties which do not make extradition conditional on the existence of
a treaty shall recognize such offences as extraditable offences between them‐
selves subject to the conditions provided by the law of the requested State.
4.
Such offences shall be treated, for the purpose of extradition between States
Parties, as if they had been committed not only in the place in which they
occurred but also in the territories of the States required to establish their
jurisdiction in accordance with article 5, paragraph 1.
Article 9
1.
States Parties shall afford one another the greatest measure of assistance in
connection with criminal proceedings brought in respect of any of the offences
referred to in article 4, including the supply of all evidence at their disposal
necessary for the proceedings.
2.
States Parties shall carry out their obligations under paragraph 1 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 per‐
sons 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.
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