Review of the standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners 2013, para. 53
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- The revision of the Rules offers an excellent opportunity to address these deficiencies. The Rules must include a provision obliging authorities to ensure that medical examinations are not conducted in a superficial manner and to act diligently so as to ascertain the condition of the person examined, allowing that person to freely communicate with the physician (see CAT/OP/MEX/1, paras. 132, 133, 135, 172 and 173). Medical examinations should be thorough enough to detect any psychological consequences of torture or propensity to commit suicide. Furthermore, Rule 24 should insist on the obligation of medical personnel to detect, treat, properly document and refer to the authority responsible for investigating allegations of torture or other ill-treatment any signs of torture or other ill-treatment or any case where there are allegations or reasonable grounds to believe that torture or other ill treatment may have occurred prior to admission or while in detention (see the Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, annex, paras. 6 (a) and (c)).
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- All
- Year
- 2013
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Paragraph number
- 53
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