United Nations A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 General Assembly Distr.: General 5 March 2015 English/French/Spanish only Human Rights Council Twenty-eighth session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. Méndez Addendum Observations on communications transmitted to Governments and replies received* * The present document is being circulated in the languages of submission only. GE.15-04417 (E) A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 Contents Paragraphs Page Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................. 4 I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1–4 5 II. Observations by the Special Rapporteur ............................................................................... 5–664 5 Algeria ......................................................................................................................................... 5–9 5 Angola ......................................................................................................................................... 10–12 6 Argentina ................................................................................................................................... 13–15 7 Australia ................................................................................................................................... 16–31 7 Bahamas ................................................................................................................................... 32–34 10 Bahrain ....................................................................................................................................... 35–62 10 Bangladesh ................................................................................................................................. 63– 64 13 Belarus ......................................................................................................................................... 65–69 14 Brazil ......................................................................................................................................... 70–84 14 Brunei Darussalam ......................................................................................................................... 85–87 16 Cambodia ................................................................................................................................... 88–89 16 China ........................................................................................................................................... 90–111 17 Colombia ....................................................................................................................................... 112–115 19 Congo (Republic of the)................................................................................................................. 117–120 20 Cuba ........................................................................................................................................... 121–126 21 Cyprus ........................................................................................................................................... 127–133 22 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ........................................................................................ 134–136 23 Democratic Republic of the Congo ................................................................................................ 137–138 24 Egypt ........................................................................................................................................... 139–170 25 El Salvador ............................................................................................................................... 171–172 29 Eritrea ............................................................................................................................... 173–176 29 Ethiopia ............................................................................................................................... 177–187 30 Equatorial Guinea ................................................................................................................... 188–189 32 Fiji ............................................................................................................................................... 190–191 32 Guatemala ...................................................................................................................................... 192–193 33 Honduras ........................................................................................................................................ 194–195 33 India ........................................................................................................................................... 196–203 33 Indonesia ........................................................................................................................................ 204–210 35 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ...................................................................................................... 211–263 36 Iraq ............................................................................................................................................. 264–267 46 Israel ........................................................................................................................................... 268–278 46 Italy ............................................................................................................................................. 279–280 48 Kazakhstan ................................................................................................................................. 281–283 48 2 A/HRC/28/68/Add.1 Kuwait ................................................................................................................................. 284–287 49 Kyrgyzstan ................................................................................................................................. 288–293 49 Libya ........................................................................................................................................... 294–368 50 Morocco ....................................................................................................................................... 369–382 64 Myanmar ..................................................................................................................................... 383–387 66 Nepal ........................................................................................................................................... 388–390 67 Nicaragua ................................................................................................................................... 391–399 67 Nigeria ............................................................................................................................... 400–403 69 Pakistan ..................................................................................................................................... 404–416 69 Panama ....................................................................................................................................... 417–424 71 Papua New Guinea ................................................................................................................... 425–430 72 Philippines ..................................................................................................................................... 431–434 74 Qatar ........................................................................................................................................... 435–440 74 Russian Federation ................................................................................................................... 441–457 75 Saudi Arabia ............................................................................................................................. 458–476 78 Serbia ........................................................................................................................................... 477–480 81 Spain ........................................................................................................................................... 481–486 82 Sri Lanka ................................................................................................................................... 487–490 83 Sudan ......................................................................................................................................... 491–500 84 Sweden ....................................................................................................................................... 501–504 85 Switzerland ............................................................................................................................... 505–509 85 Syrian Arab Republic .............................................................................................................. 510–524 86 Tajikistan ....................................................................................................................................