AKIPRESS.COM - The UN Committee against Torture (CAT)  issuedjavascript:mctmp(0);  its findings on Cameroon, Jordan, Kuwait, Mongolia, Namibia and Thailand, after reviewing the six states parties in its latest session.

The Committee noted Mongolia's commitment to submit the draft law on setting up a special unit to investigate torture and ill-treatment by persons deprived of liberty in 2025. Yet, it was concerned about the delays in procedures since the last review.

The Committee remained concerned about the potential conflict of interest and ineffectiveness of investigations by the Investigation Division of the Anti-Corruption Agency and the Investigative Division of the General Police Department, as well as the high rate of torture case dismissals.

It asked Mongolia to finalize the law establishing an independent mechanism to investigate public officials, especially law enforcement officers who have committed acts of torture and ill-treatment, and to ensure that investigators have no institutional or hierarchical relationship with alleged perpetrators.

While noting Mongolia's efforts to strengthen procedural legal safeguards, the Committee remained concerned about reports that a high number of arrests, particularly by the General Intelligence Agency and the Anti-Corruption Agency, were still made with the consent of the prosecutor without a court order.

Taking note of Mongolia's measures to enhance judicial oversight of these immediate detentions, the Committee called upon the state party to require law enforcement officials to obtain an arrest warrant issued by a judicial authority to carry out an arrest, except in cases of arrest while the crime is ablaze.