Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) (Author), published by CAT – UN Committee Against Torture: “A Civil Society Report on China’s Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment”, Document #1087532

A Civil Society Report on China’s Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

ecoi.net description:: Report on the systematic use of torture by government personnel or persons affiliated with or working on behalf the state (China‘s legal definition torture much narrower than that of the Convention; use of violence and abuse of power by the police and other law enforcement officials; arbitrary detentions in secret detention facilities)

Country:: China
Sources:: Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) (Author), published by CAT – UN Committee Against Torture
Published:: 10 October 2008
Document type:: Special or Analytical Report
Language:: English
Document ID:: 1087532 (former ID 145090)