Role of forensic and medical sciences in the investigation prevention torture and other ill-treatment 2014, para. 73d
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[Recommendations regarding judicial recognition and evaluation of forensic evidence in cases involving torture:] Ensure that rules of evidence provide for the admission of medical and psychological reports of independent health practitioners into evidence in criminal, civil and administrative cases and that such reports are evaluated on their merits and assigned persuasive weight in that measure;
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment