Belgium: Before the UN Committee against torture: alleged police ill-treatment.
Belgium: Before the UN Committee against torture: alleged police ill-treatment.
Index Number: EUR 14/001/2003Date Published: 28 May 2003
Categories: Belgium, Western Europe
The United Nations Committee against Torture examined Belgium's initial report on its implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on 6 and 7 May 2003. The current document provides a summary of the Committee's conclusions and recommendations, which covered a range of issues, together with the full text of Amnesty International's briefing to the Committee. It also includes a set of recommendations which Amnesty International is calling on the incoming Belgian government to address as a matter of priority, aimed at remedying present inadequacies in safeguards against ill-treatment and preventing the ill-treatment of detainees by police officers, and reflecting the Committee's recommendations in this area\n\n