CONTENTS: Paragraphs ... Introduction 1 - 7 I. THE PRACTICE OF TORTURE: SCOPE AND CONTEXT A. General issues 8 - 18 B. Information concerning police and jandarma stations 19 - 23 C. Information concerning prisons 24 - 25 D. Information concerning individual cases 26 - 28 II. THE PROTECTION OF DETAINEES AGAINST TORTURE A. Legal issues 29 - 52 B. Medical issues 53 - 68 III. IMPUNITY 69 - 98 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 99 - 113 Annex* Selected cases submitted by non-governmental organizations to the Special Rapporteur on the question of torture from 12 October to 12 December 1998