Document #1396946

OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture

Economic, Social and Cultural Causes of the Death Penalty and Torture in Pakistan

http://www.omct.org/files/2016/09/23939/cescr_pakistan_jppomct.pdf

ecoi.net summary:
Brief report on causes of torture and application of the death penalty (forced "confessions"; vulnerable groups; police lacks resources; misuse of laws; execution of disabled people)
Country:
Pakistan
Source:
OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Original link:
http://www.omct.org/files/2016/09/23939/cescr_pakistan_jppomct.pdf
Document type:
Special or Analytical Report
Language:
English
Published:
13 September 2016
Document ID:
1396946 (former ID 338713)

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