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Its smooth inner surface helps ensure the inner tank is always hygienically free of residues and offers a high trade-in value.

The Subcommittee recommends that the State party consider the possibility of increasing police salaries, so that they can support themselves in a dignified manner, without resorting to practices that constitute a clear abuse of authority and entail a risk of cruel, inhuman ordegrading treatment.

Equally relevant are the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, article 12, concerning the obligation of States to eliminate discrimination against women in health care; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, article 25 (b), which requires that health services be “designed to minimize and prevent further disabilities, including among children and older persons”; and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 7, which prohibits torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and includes the prohibition of medical or scientific experimentation without free consent.

24.80 The net increase of $787,900 relates to the following: (a) the delayed impact of one P-3 post approved as from 2011 to provide support to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; (b) the proposed establishment of five new posts as follows: (i) the P-4 post to assist the Committee on Enforced Disappearances in liaising with petitioners and States parties concerned, draft decisions and views under the individual communications procedure and followup on the implementation of the Committee’s views; (ii) one new P-3 post to assist the Committee on Enforced Disappearances with the examination of States reports presented under article 29 of the Convention; (iii) one new P-3 post to support the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in its new composition of 25 members (increase from 10 to 25 members), in view of the expected increase in workload of the Subcommittee.

Otherwise, perspiration or moisture may enter the gaps between the protective stickers and the parts, which may result in a skin rash and/or corrosion of the metal parts.

With the lip facing out, push one rod wiper (111) into the small end and one shaft seal (112) into the big end of the rod bushing.

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Deprivation of liberty and prohibition of torture — States must respect the liberty, security and dignity of the person, treat all prisoners in all places of detention in accordance with international law (see resolution 61/171, para. 8) and fully comply with their obligations with regard to the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degradingtreatment or punishment (see resolution 63/185, para. 8).

These include proposals for the establishment of (a) 13 Safety and Security posts under section 35, comprised of 5 General Service (Other level) posts in Geneva to implement a necessary canine unit and lead crisis management training, and 8 General Service (Local level) posts in Addis Ababa to support the security control centres, (b) 4 General Service (Other level) posts under section 24 to provide administrative and clerical support to the Human Rights Council and the treaty bodies, including the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, (c) 2 General Service (Other level) posts to support the International Court of Justice and (d) 2 General Service (Local level) posts in UNTSO to provide transportation services across international borders.

In addition, it is proposed that one new P-3 post and one new General Service (Other level) post be established to support the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in its new composition of 25 members, increased from 10, in view of the expected increase in the workload of the Subcommittee, particularly with respect to the demands that arise in the organization of field missions (ibid., para. 24.80).

These safeguards are considered not so much as due process safeguards — this task falls to other United Nations bodies — but as instruments of prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

(f) To ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Optional Protocol thereto.

The Attorney for Human Rights noted, inter alia, that the jail had 50 places, but that at the time of the first inspection there were 104 inmates and at the time of the second, 109; the budget allocation for food was 8.30 lempiras a day per inmate; some cells were prone to flooding from water leaks, yet because there were not enough beds many inmates slept on the wet floor; the toilets were constantly foulsmelling and full of filth becausethere were not enough for the large number of inmates, which constitutes a hazard to their health; overcrowding is a serious risk to the individual and collective safety of the prisoners, with men and women, members of rival gangs, prisoners with mental illnesses, and convicted prisoners and prisoners awaiting trial sharing the same cells; and the lack of security and the absence of authority had led to a violent incident on 27 October 2005, in which an inmate lost his life.

(d) Establish an independent national mechanism for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

These included: arbitrary detention; torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; summary and extrajudicial executions; sexual violence, including rape, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation; and other forms of violence grounded in discrimination against women.

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(b) To take persistent, determined and effective measures to have all allegations of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degradingtreatment or punishment investigated promptly, effectively and impartially by an independent, competent domestic authority, as well as whenever there is reasonable ground to believe that such an act has been committed; to hold persons who encourage, order, tolerate or perpetrate such acts responsible, to have them brought to justice and punished in a manner commensurate with the gravity of the offence, including the officials in charge of the place of detention where the prohibited act is found to have been committed; and to take note, in this respect, of the Principles on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the updated set of principles for the protection of human rights through action to combat impunity as a useful tool in efforts to prevent and combat torture

The European Union believed that a more determined effort must be made to fight poverty and HIV/AIDS, which were synonymous with denial of rights; the economic, social and cultural rights must be more vigorously promoted through legislation; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment had to be firmly condemned; and all human rights defenders, whom it hailed for working in the face of considerable risk, should be strongly supported.

(a) The specific measures taken to fight impunity for violations of human rights, including disappearances and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment committed by public officials as well as private actors acting with the acquiescence or consent of government officials.