A/HRC/31/L.82 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: Limited 23 March 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development China, Pakistan,* Russian Federation: amendment to draft resolution A/HRC/31/L.26/Rev.1 31/… Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: safeguards to prevent torture during police custody and pretrial detention Paragraph 21 should read 21. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights to convene, in 2017, an intersessional, full-day seminar with the participation of States, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations, and mechanisms in the field of human rights, national human rights institutions and other relevant national bodies, academics and experts and non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, with interpretation in the six official languages of the United Nations, with the objective of exchanging national experiences and practices on the implementation of effective safeguards to prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment during police custody and pretrial detention, and invites the Office of the High Commissioner to cooperate with relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant stakeholders in the preparation of the seminar; * Non-member State of the Human Rights Council. GE.16-04760(E) *1604760*