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Police Beatings, Rape, and Torture of Children in Papua New Guinea
Glossary
I. Summary
Key Recommendations
Methods and Scope
II. Background
Children and Crime in Papua New Guinea
Girls
Police Procedures and Children
III. Police Violence
Severe Beatings, Shootings, and Other Violence
Children's Testimonies
Rape and Sexual Abuse of Girls and Boys
Girls
Boys
Police Abuse of Especially Vulnerable Persons
Legal Standards on Torture; Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment; Sexual Violence; and Police Use of Force
Collective Punishment
IV. Conditions of Detention
Conditions in Wewak, Goroka, Kokopo, and Alotau
Detention of Children with Adults
Detention of Girls
Denial of Medical Care
Legal Standards on the Detention of Children
Medical
Care in Detention
V. Police Abuses and HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Papua New Guinea
Police Actions and the Spread of HIV..
VI. Failure of Police Response
Structure of the Police Force
Problems with the Performance of Basic Duties
Causes of Ineffectiveness and Violence
Impunity
for Police
The
Failure of Police Training
The 2004 Administrative Review of the Police
VII. The Roles of Other Government Bodies
The Judiciary
The Ombudsman's Commission
The Office of the Public Solicitor100
Civil Claims Against the State101
Procedural
Barriers to Victim's Claims102
The
Failure to Deter Police Violence105
VIII. The Response of Australia and Others in the
International Community106
IX. Recommendations110
Recommendations to the Government of Papua New Guinea111
Stop
beatings, rape, and torture of children111
Hold
police accountable for abuses111
Monitor
police treatment of children113
Address
police actions that promote the spread of HIV/AIDS114
Reform
detention conditions114
Law
reform... 115
Recommendations to Australia and Other International
Donors116
Recommendations to Regional Organizations117
Appendix 1: The Raid on the Three-Mile Guesthouse, March
2004118
Appendix 2: Selected Findings and Recommendations of the
Committee on the Rights of the Child122
Acknowledgements123