Summary Records - CAT - Denmark - CAT/C/SR.281-298/Add.1/Corrigendum (1997)

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CAT/C/SR.281-298/Add.1/Corrigendum
3 August 1998

Original: ENGLISH

Summary records of the 281st to 298th Meetings - Corrigendum : . 03/08/98.

CAT/C/SR.281-298/Add.1/Corrigendum. (Summary Record)

Convention Abbreviation: CAT

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE

Eighteenth session

SUMMARY RECORDS OF THE 281st to 298th MEETINGS

Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,
from 28 April to 9 May 1997

Corrigendum

The present document contains the corrections received from members of the Committee, delegations and the Secretariat applying to the English text of the summary records of the meetings of the Committee against Torture at its eighteenth session (CAT/C/SR.281-298/Add.1).

With the issuance of the present corrigendum, the summary records of the above-mentioned meetings are to be considered final.

288th meeting

Paragraph 4, line 6

Replace section 172 by article 7, paragraph 2.

Paragraph 8, last sentence

Replace The prisoner by Prison inmates

Insert the following new paragraph:

9. The director of Public Prosecutions has recently issued binding guidelines concerning remand in custody exceeding three months. The District Public Prosecutor now has to approve the local police chief's decision to ask the court to prolong a remand in custody for a period exceeding three months. Furthermore, once a year the District Public Prosecutors have to notify the General Director of Public Prosecutions of all cases concerning remand in custody exceeding three months.

Renumber all subsequent paragraphs accordingly.

Paragraph 9

4th and 5th lines:

Replace Special appeal procedures in cases of solitary confinement by The rules on remand in custody and solitary confinement

7th line: replace such punishment by remand in custody and solitary confinement.

Paragraph 16

After paragraph 16 (new paragraph 17) insert the following paragraph:

18. The Danish rules on processing complaints against the police described in paragraphs 32 to 34 in Denmark's first report (CAT/C/5/Add.4) have been replaced on 1 January 1996 by a new scheme excluding the police from participating in the examination of complaints against them. Complaints concerning the behaviour of police personnel and criminal proceedings against police personnel are now examined and decided by the District Public Prosecutors. The decisions of the District Public Prosecutors can be appealed to the Director of Public Prosecutions. It is important to note that the District Public Prosecutor as well as the Director of Public Prosecutions are independent of the Danish police. Furthermore, District Police Complaints boards have been appointed to provide continuous inspection of the District Public Prosecutors' processing of the complaints.

Renumber subsequent paragraphs accordingly.

Paragraph 19, line 13

Replace had instructed by will instruct

Paragraph 29

Replace the last two sentences by the following text:

292nd meeting

Paragraph 3, sentence 2

Delete 2nd sentence, replace with

Since 1989, important progress has been made in the area of pursuing its total elimination. Of course, there are still isolated cases of mistreatment, owing to some people clinging to the past, but this does not reflect Government conduct.

295th meeting

The date of the meeting should read: Wednesday, 7 May 1997