United Nations A/HRC/22/53/Add.4 General Assembly Distr.: General 12 March 2013 English/French/Spanish only Human Rights Council Twenty-second 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.13-11820 A/HRC/22/53/Add.4 Contents Paragraphs Page Abbreviations ................................................................................................................................... 5 I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 1–5 6 II. Observations by the Special Rapporteur ................................................................. 6–162 6 Angola ................................................................................................................ 6 6 Argentina ................................................................................................................ 7 7 Azerbajan ................................................................................................................ 8–9 7 Bahrain ................................................................................................................ 10–14 8 Bangladesh .............................................................................................................. 15 10 Barbados ................................................................................................................ 16 11 Brazil ................................................................................................................ 17 11 Central African Republic ....................................................................................... 18 12 Chile ................................................................................................................ 19 12 China ................................................................................................................ 20–26 13 Colombia ................................................................................................................ 27 17 Cuba ................................................................................................................ 28–29 18 Cyprus ................................................................................................................ 30–31 18 Democratic People‟s Republic of Korea ................................................................. 32 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo ......................................................................... 33 20 Egypt ................................................................................................................ 34–38 20 Ethiopia ................................................................................................................ 39–40 23 France ................................................................................................................ 41 23 Georgia ................................................................................................................ 42 24 India ................................................................................................................ 43 24 Indonesia ................................................................................................................ 44–48 25 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ....................................................................................... 49–67 27 Iraq ................................................................................................................ 68–70 38 Israel ................................................................................................................ 71–74 41 Jordan ................................................................................................................ 75 43 Kazakhstan .............................................................................................................. 76–77 44 Kyrgyzstan .............................................................................................................. 78–80 45 Lao Peoples‟s Democratic Republic ....................................................................... 81 46 Lebanon ................................................................................................................ 82–83 47 Libya ................................................................................................................ 84 48 Madagascar ............................................................................................................. 85 48 Malaysia ................................................................................................................ 86 49 2 A/HRC/22/53/Add.4 Maldives ................................................................................................................ 87–88 50 Mali ................................................................................................................ 89–90 51 Mexico ................................................................................................................ 91–94 52 Morocco ................................................................................................................ 95 54 Myanmar ................................................................................................................ 96 54 Netherlands ............................................................................................................. 97–99 55 Occupied Palestinian Territories ............................................................................. 100–101 56 Other ................................................................................................................ 102–103 57 Pakistan ................................................................................................................ 104–106 58 Papua New Guinea .................................................................................................. 107 60 Paraguay ................................................................................................................ 108–109 60 Philippines ............................................................................................................... 110 61 Republic of Korea ................................................................................................... 111–112 62 Republic of Moldova ............................................................................................... 113–114 63 Russian Federation .................................................................................................. 115 64 Saudi Arabia ............................................................................................................ 116–121 65 Spain ................................................................................................................ 122 69 Sri Lanka ................................................................................................................ 123 69 Sudan ................................................................................................................ 124–129 70 Syrian Arab Republic .............................................................................................. 130–136 73 Tajikistan ................................................................................................................ 137–139 77 Thailand ................................................................................................................ 140 79 Tunisia ................................................................................................................ 141 79 Uganda ................................................................................................................ 142 80 Ukraine ................................................................................................................ 143 80 United Arab Emirates .............................................................................................. 144 81 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ......................................... 145–148 81 United States of America ........................................................................................ 149–155 84 Uzbekistan ............................................................................................................... 156–158 89 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ........................................................................ 159 91 Viet Nam ................................................................................................................ 160 91 Zimbabwe ................................................................................................................ 161–162 92 III. Replies received after the observation to communications report A/HRC/19/61/Add 4 of 29 February 2012 .............................................................. 163–180 93 Bangladesh ............................................................................................................. 164 93 Cyprus ...............................................................................................................