CAT: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance
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 illtreatment or intimidation as a consequence of his complaint
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