A/HRC/37/50
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Nils Melzer
Contents
Page
I.
Activities relating to the mandate ..................................................................................................
3
II.
Migration-related torture and ill-treatment ....................................................................................
3
A.
Background ...........................................................................................................................
3
B.
Legal framework ...................................................................................................................
4
C.
Migration-related detention ..................................................................................................
6
D.
Smuggling and trafficking of migrants .................................................................................
9
E.
Non-refoulement ...................................................................................................................
11
F.
Implications under international criminal law ......................................................................
16
Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
17
A.
Conclusions ..........................................................................................................................
17
B.
Recommendations.................................................................................................................
18
III.
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