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- Acknowledge and condemn excessive use of force on the part
of state security forces during recent demonstrations, including the June
2006 nationwide strike.
- Immediately investigate and punish, in accordance with
international standards, crimes committed by state security forces during
the June 2006 nationwide strike, including murder, rape, assault, and
theft.
- Thoroughly review—and as necessary revise—the training
curriculum for police and other security forces to ensure comprehensive
training on human rights issues including legal and appropriate
interrogation techniques, crowd control, and appropriate use of force.
Provide comprehensive training for police officers on the conduct of
investigations. All training must be consistent with international human
rights standards, such as the United Nations Code of Conduct for Law
Enforcement Officials.
- Publicly condemn the use of torture and ill-treatment by
police officers and other law enforcement agencies, including through a
public information campaign to increase awareness that torture is
forbidden under Guinean and international law.
- Investigate promptly and independently all allegations of
torture and ill-treatment by police officers or other law enforcement
agencies. Identify the individuals responsible for ordering and carrying
out the torture, and immediately suspend them from active duty, pending
criminal prosecution.
- Ensure that persons taken into custody are charged and
brought before a court of competent jurisdiction within 48 hours.
- Ensure that children in detention are kept separate from
adults.
- Ensure that all suspects in police custody and in prisons
are given adequate food and water, and are granted access to medical
treatment when required.
- Compensate victims of torture and ill-treatment adequately
and speedily.
- Ratify the Optional Protocol to the United Nations
Convention Against Torture, allowing visits to Guinea by the Subcommittee
on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment of the Committee against Torture, and the UN special
rapporteur on torture.
- Immediately conduct a review of all prisoners in Guinea
who have waited for more than four months without trial.
- Ensure that all defendants are brought to trial within a
reasonable time. The authorities should show special diligence in bringing
the case to trial if the accused is in pre-trial detention.
- Ensure that the Cour d’Assise has sufficient
funding to hold sessions at least every four months, as required by
Guinean law.
- Ensure that all prison guards receive a regular salary and
training from the state, including human rights training.
- Call publicly and privately on the Guinean government to
investigate, and where applicable punish in accordance with international
standards, those responsible for crimes during the June 2006 nationwide
strike, including, murder, rape, assault, and theft, and those responsible
for torture of individuals in police custody.
- Support local nongovernmental organizations to improve the
monitoring and documenting of police violations and to undertake advocacy
at a national level.
- Support local nongovernmental organizations conducting
advocacy on behalf of prisoners.
- The UN special rapporteur on torture and the African
Commission “focal point” on prevention of torture, cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment in Africa should request permission to
visit Guinea and prepare reports on torture and ill-treatment with
recommendations to the government of Guinea.
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