20:37, 06 May 2009 | GMT +5
Deputy Prosecutor General holds talks with Manfred Nowak
ASTANA. May 6. KAZINFORM First Deputy Prosecutor General Johann Merkel has met with United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak; Kazinform refers to the press service of the Prosecutor General?s Office.

At the meeting Johann Merkel covered the role and functions of the Prosecutor General?s Office bodies on protection of civil rights, prevention, determination and detection of cases of torture, reported on the law enforcement practice, the issue bringing to responsibility those who used illegal methods against detainees and arrested persons in the course of investigations.
Heads of subdivisions of the Prosecutor General's Office, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Vienna Institute for Human Rights also took part in the meeting.