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Atthe36thinMay2006theCommitteeagainstTorturerequestedthattheSecretariatprovide `  itwithanoteontheexperiencetodateofarticle20inquiresaswellaselementsforpossibleinquiry L  inseveralcountries:Colombia,Guatemala,Nepal,TogoandUzbekistan.Thepresentconference 8  roompaperseekstorespondtothatrequest. $  ...   NEPAL  27.  TheCommitteeagainsttortureexaminedatits35thsession(7-25November2005),during \ theconsiderationofthesecondperiodicreportofNepal(CAT/C/33/Add.6),underArticle19ofthe H Convention.Theinformationbelowrecapitulatesreferencestotortureasacommonorsystematic 4 practiceinNepalindocumentswhichwerebeforetheCommitteeatits35thsession  p 28.  UNDOCUMENTSWHEREREFERENCESAREMADETOTHEWIDESPREAD H PRACTICEOFTORTUREINNEPAL 4 a)  CAT   TheCommittee,initsConcludingObservations,was"gravelyconcernedabouttheexceedingly  largenumberofconsistentandreliablereportsconcerningthewidespreaduseoftortureand   ill-treatmentbylawenforcementpersonnel,andinparticulartheRoyalNepaleseArmy,theArmed l! PoliceForceandthePolice,andtheabsenceofmeasurestoensuretheeffectiveprotectionofall X"  membersofsociety(arts.2and11)". D#! CAT/C/NPL/CO/2,para13,15December2005 0$" b)  HumanRightsCommittee &X!$ TheHumanRightsCommittee,initsConcludingObservations,was"deeplyconcernedwiththe '0#& casesofsummaryandarbitraryexecutions,enforcedorinvoluntarydisappearances,tortureand ($' arbitraryorunlawfuldetentioncommittedbymembersofthearmy,securityorotherforcesduring )%( theperiodunderreviewwhichhavebeenbroughttoitsattention.". *%) CCPR/C/79/Add.42,para.10,10November1994 +&*  h-(, c)  SpecialRapporteuroftheCommissiononHumanRightsonTorture  Ѐ"Onthebasisofhisinterviewswithcurrentandformerdetainees,withthesupportofforensic  medicalevidence,andinterviewswithgovernmentandmilitaryofficials,lawyersand t Representativesofnon-governmentalorganizations,theSpecialRapporteurconcludesthattorture ` andill-treatmentaresystematicallypractisedinNepalbythepolice,thearmedpoliceandtheRoyal L  NepaleseArmy." 8  E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.5,page2 $ t 172CommunicationsweresubmittedtotheSRonTorturebetween1December2004and15  L  December2005.  8  E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.1,21March2006 $  29.  OFFICIALSUBMISSIONSBYNON-GOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONSWHERE   REFERENCESAREMADETOTHEWIDESPREADPRACTICEOFTORTUREINNEPAL:   a)  AmnestyInternational p "AmnestyInternationalhasreceivedreportsofhundredsof"disappearances",thousandsofarbitrary H arrests,thewidespreaduseoftortureandotherill-treatment,includingincidentsofrapebyNepal's 4 securityforces."  p AIIndex:ASA31/079/2005,page1  \ "ReportsthattortureremainswidespreadinNepalindicatethatthegovernmentplainlyhasfailed 4 totakeeffectivemeasurestoendtortureandotherill-treatmentbythesecurityforces."   AIIndex:ASA31/079/2005,page3   b)  HumanRightsTreatyMonitoringandCoordinationCommittee  "Thetrendofhumanrightsviolationandinflictionoftortureiswidespreadandininclinationtothe l severity.Socalledarmedrebelbecameapretendforsystematicpracticeoftorturebystate X  authorities." D! HRTMCC,CATAlternativeReport2004,page10 0"  "Acomprehensivestudyonthecriminaljusticesystemreleasedin1999,"AnalysisandReformsof $X" theCriminalJusticeSysteminNepal",reportsincidentsoftorturetobewidespread:67%of $D # respondentscomplainedvariouskindsoftortureduringthepolicecustody." %0!$ HRTMCC,CATAlternativeReport2004,page10 &"% "AmajorcauseofthepersistenceofwidespreadtortureinthecountrieslikeNepalisthefailureor (#' unwillingnessofleadinggovernmentofficialsandrepresentativestoacknowledgethattortureeven )$( exists,letalonethatitneedstobevigorouslytackled." |*%) HRTMCC,CATAlternativeReport2004,page11 h+&* "Tortureandotherformsofilltreatmentwerewidespreadmethodofobtainingconfession." @-(, _HRTMCC_,CATAlternativeReport2004,page38  Thisreportreflectsthetrendofexistingcontinuous,routineandsystematicpracticeoftortureand  weaknessesofthegovernmentincombatingitproperly. t _HRTMCC_,CATAlternativeReport2004,page53 ` c)  AsianLegalResourceCenter 8  "Whiletortureissystematicallyusedbythearmedforces,impunityforthoseactionsisconsciously  ` enabledthroughasystemofcollusionwiththepolice".  L  Writtenstatementbythe_organisation_'srepresentativeatthemeetingwithCAT,faxedon16  8  November2005,page4. $  30.  BACKGROUNDDOCUMENTSBROUGHTTOTHEATTENTIONOFTHE   COMMITTEEATTHE35THSESSIONWHEREREFERENCESAREMADETOTHE   WIDESPREADPRACTICEOFTORTUREINNEPAL:   a)  ForumAsiaandAsianCenterforHR,NepalMonthlyHRBriefingPaper,Page7,1 \ November2005 H b)  AmnestyInternational,AIIndex:ASA31/002/2001,para5,1March2001  p ... 4