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Use of Torture – Inhuman and Humiliating
Act
June 26, 2006
The Albanian Helsinki Committee, as a
non-profit organization whose mission has been and remains the protection of
citizens' rights and freedoms, on the international day against torture,
reemphasizes the need to prevent this phenomenon, which is as harmful, as it it
is inhuman and humiliating. On this occasion, we appeal on specialized bodies
that work against crime in general, and organized crime in particular, to
respect the life, health, and dignity of persons suspected of committing this or
that crime.
AHC deems it necessary to highlight
the fact that a better concept of the notion of torture also requires amendments
to our legislation so it is rapproached with international documents and
contemporary democratic legislation.
From this standpoint, AHC applauds
the initiative of the People's Advocate to have a more accurate definition of
the notion of torture. This is so also because, in practice, there have been
cases when some arbitrary actions that included elements of torture were
considered ordinary actions harmful of a person's health or abuse of office.
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