The Human Rights Committee, in its general comment No. 31, noted that, in addition to the State establishing appropriate judicial mechanisms, administrative mechanisms were particularly required to give effect to the general obligation to investigate allegations of violations promptly, thoroughly and effectively through impartial bodies. Failure by a State party to investigate allegations of violations could in and of itself give rise to a separate breach of the Covenant.
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment