Role of forensic and medical sciences in the investigation prevention torture and other ill-treatment 2014, para. 73c
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[Recommendations regarding judicial recognition and evaluation of forensic evidence in cases involving torture:] Ensure that the Istanbul Protocol is used for verifying all allegations of torture and other ill-treatment and that the medico-legal reports undertaken in compliance with the standards and principles of the Istanbul Protocol, including independence and impartiality, are considered as reliable evidence on the issue of whether torture has or has not been perpetrated;
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment