Aware of the measures taken by state agencies since the change of government in October 2000, the Humanitarian Law Center (“HLC”) nonetheless considers them inadequate to ensure effective application in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“Convention”), in particular its Articles 2, 4, 11, 12, 13, and 14. The HLC believes that the 27th session of the Committee against Torture will help to identify the most important problems in the observance of the Convention in this country, which still give rise to serious concern.
