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ARCHIVES *** 2020 Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices: Palau U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, 30 March 2021 www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/palau/
[accessed 3 August
2021] TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT The constitution
and law prohibit such practices, and there were no reports that government
officials employed them. Impunity was not a
significant problem in the security forces. PRISON AND DETENTION
CENTER CONDITIONS Physical
Conditions: The country’s only jail, in Koror, with a capacity of 58, held 86
prisoners as of September. Freedom House
Country Report 2018 Edition freedomhouse.org/country/palau/freedom-world/2018 [accessed 13 May
2020] IS THERE PROTECTION
FROM THE ILLEGITIMATE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE AND FREEDOM FROM WAR AND
INSURGENCIES?
-- Law enforcement agencies maintain internal order, and instances of abuse
or impunity are rare, though overcrowding in the country’s limited detention
facilities is a problem. ***
EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Human Rights
Reports » 2006 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, March 6, 2007 www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78786.htm [accessed 10
February 2013] 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61622.htm [accessed 4 July
2019] TORTURE
AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT – The law
prohibits such practices, and there were no reports that government officials
employed them. All
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