Each State Party shall ensure that its competent authorities proceed to a prompt and impartial
investigation, wherever there is reasonable ground to believe that an act of torture has been
committed in any territory under its jurisdiction.
Article 13
Each State Party shall ensure that any individual who alleges he has been subjected to torture in
any territory under its jurisdiction has the right to complain to, and to have his case promptly and
impartially examined by, its competent authorities. Steps shall be taken to ensure that the
complainant and witnesses are protected against all ill-treatment or intimidation as a
consequence of his complaint or any evidence given.
Article 14
1. Each State Party shall ensure in its legal system that the victim of an act of torture obtains
redress and has an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation, including the means for
as full rehabilitation as possible. In the event of the death of the victim as a result of an act of
torture, his dependants shall be entitled to compensation.
2. Nothing in this article shall affect any right of the victim or other persons to compensation
which may exist under national law.
Article 15
Each State Party shall ensure that any statement which is established to have been made as a
result of torture shall not be invoked as evidence in any proceedings, except against a person
accused of torture as evidence that the statement was made.
Article 16
1. Each State Party shall undertake to prevent in any territory under its jurisdiction other acts of
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment which do not amount to torture as defined
in article I, when such acts are committed by or at the instigation of or with the consent or
acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. In particular, the
obligations contained in articles 10, 11, 12 and 13 shall apply with the substitution for references
to torture of references to other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
2. The provisions of this Convention are without prejudice to the provisions of any other
international instrument or national law which prohibits cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment or which relates to extradition or expulsion.
PART II
Article 17