E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.2 page 24 10 All punishments other than Hadd punishments which take into consideration mitigating circumstances and where rules of procedure may be less rigidly applied. 11 Money collected for charity to the disadvantaged. 12 See for instance, the report of the Special Rapporteur on Torture submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-third session (E/CN.4/1997/7, para. 6); concluding observations of the Committee against Torture on the initial periodic report of Saudi Arabia, 12 June 2002 (CAT/C/CR/28/5, para. 4 (b)); report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, submitted to the Commission on Human Rights at its fifty-ninth session (E/CN.4/2003/75. para. 68) and (E/CN.4/2003/75/Add.1, para. 460). 13 The Special Rapporteur emphasizes in this regard that she does not wish to make a distinction between torture and other forms of ill-treatment, including because such a consideration is outside the scope of her mandate. She would limit herself to consider these acts as contrary to article 7 of the ICCPR. 14 See, for instance, E/CN.4/2003/75, para. 68. 15 See the interim report of the Special Reporter on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions (A/59/319, para. 56). 16 The age of attaining legal and religious responsibilities. 17 A similar concern was raised by the Committee on the Rights of the Child in its concluding observations on the second periodic report of Nigeria, 28 January 2005 (CRC/C/15/Add.257, para. 54). 18 See E/CN.4/2001/63, para. 104. While the communication of the Special Rapporteur mentioned approximately 500 casualties, reports have since then demonstrated that the number of persons killed certainly exceeded 2,000. 19 See A/58/296, para. 80. Idem for the number of casualties which should rather be estimated at 250. 20 See the addendum to the report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1, para. 174). 21 In this regard, it was mentioned to the Special Rapporteur that the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of Nigeria had provided humanitarian assistance to the victims of the riots. 22 See E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1, para. 174. -----

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