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UGA A/A44/43/1/14/1/2/5
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Appendix 6 - Activities of the Committee Against Torture Pursuant to Article 20 of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Summary account of the results of the proceedings concerning the inquiry on Turkey (A/48/44/Add.1), 9 November 1993
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- 1993/11/09
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13pp
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Report by the United Nations' Committee against Torture on its inquiry into systematic practices of torture of persons in various premises under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior in Turkey. The report calls for various reforms and notes the discrepancy between the measures taken and intentions expressed by the authorities with regard to action to combat torture and the actual practice followed within the Ministry.
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English