UN Committee Against Torture Questions Cote D’Ivoire Over Prison Overcrowding and Admissibility of Evidence Obtained Through Torture
A correctional centre in Cote D’Ivoire Source: Africa Publicity Experts of the UN Committee against Torture have questioned Ivorian authorities about the admissibility of evidence obtained through Torture and prison overcrowding across Cote D’Ivoire. The Committee expressed grave concerns about what it referred to as “extreme prison overpopulation” and poor conditions of detainees in many…