NGOs report on compliance by the Republic of Belarus with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

In 2015, Article 128 of the Criminal Code was amended with a note, which defines the notion of "torture" in accordance with the understanding of the Convention. Currently, there are two articles in the Criminal Code that mention torture. Article 128 of the Criminal Code "Crimes against the security of mankind"1 and part 3 of Article 394 of the Criminal Code "Compulsion to testify"2. The state in its report p.104 claims that the Criminal Code is applied regardless of the criminal law of the place where the act was committed in relation to the crime provided for in article 128, thus acts of torture are qualified as crimes falling under the universal jurisdiction. However, there is still no separate article for committing torture, and the abovementioned articles do not cover the whole range of acts of torture and the purposes of their usage, what does not allow to say that these articles establish a responsibility for all acts of torture, as required by Art. 4 of the Convention.

• Месца выхаду: Minsk
• Дата выхаду: 2018
• Выдавец: Human Rights Defenders Against Torture
• Памеры: 28 s.
• Катэгорыя: Правы чалавека, Грамадзтва
• Кнігазбор: Kamunikat.org