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SUBJECT: GERMANY HAS FAR-REACHING SOCIAL AND LEGAL
STRUCTURES TO COMBAT TORTURE
REF: STATE 070129
¶1. (U) Summary: This cable is in response to reftel
regarding initiatives to prevent torture. Germany has a
variety of mechanisms in place to prevent torture
domestically and abroad, as well as to assist victims of
torture. Domestic laws regulate the immigration of torture
victims and give Germany's federal prosecutor jurisdiction
over torture crimes around the world. As a member of the
European Union (EU), Council of Europe (CoE), and the United
Nations (UN) Germany is party to several international
treaties and committees aimed at preventing torture
worldwide. It is a party to the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court (ICC), which can exercise
jurisdiction over crimes of torture. Germany also provides
foreign assistance aimed at preventing torture worldwide both
through international organizations and through direct aid.
Finally, Germany has a very advanced network of treatment
centers providing rehabilitation for victims of torture
within Germany and internationally. End summary.
¶2. (U) Meetings with the Human Rights Watch Germany, Berlin
Treatment Center for Torture Victims, German Institute for
Human Rights, and Bundestag Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
Committee have provided much of the information regarding
what approaches Germany is taking to prevent and treat
torture.
Asylum and Prosecution
----------------------
¶3. (U) The Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany
(1949) and the Penal Code reflect Germany's commitment to
preventing torture. Article 104 Para. 1 Clause 2 of the
Basic Law forbids a person in custody from being subjected to
mental or physical mistreatment. Germany's Penal Code
characterizes involvement by public officials in acts of
torture as a criminal offense. Furthermore, testimony
obtained under torture may not be used.
¶4. (U) The Asylum Procedure Act (1993) and Residence Act
(2004) in Germany protect individuals from torture. The
Asylum Procedure Act (Section 13) allows for applications for
asylum from individuals who want protection from political
persecution or cannot return to their own country for reasons
specified in Section 60 of the Residence Act, including
humanitarian reasons. Section 60 of the Residence Act states
that a foreign national may not be deported to a country if
there is a threat that he or she will face torture or other
cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (such as
capital punishment) in that country. Such persons are given
a residence permit. This gives individuals protection from
dangers not covered under asylum protection.
¶5. (U) Foreign nationals may also qualify for asylum even if
they have been tortured in the past and no longer face a
threat of torture in the country of origin. This is possible
if the foreign national has physical and/or psychological
medical problems resulting from torture and requiring
treatment, but proper treatment would not likely be provided
in the country of origin. These individuals would also
qualify for a residence permit to be able to receive
treatment in Germany. The Residence Act also entitles
immigrants who have received their first residence or
settlement permit on humanitarian grounds to an integration
course, particularly if they do not have simple oral language
skills.
¶6. (U) An alternative option for rejected asylum-seekers is
a "toleration" ("Duldung") permit. This can be granted to
"rejected asylum-seekers who cannot be returned to their
country of origin for legal, technical, or humanitarian
reasons" such as the risk of facing torture or requiring
medical treatment that would not be provided in their country
of origin. "It does not amount to the right of residence as
it simply suspends deportation on a temporary basis for the
maximum period of six months at a time. Accordingly, persons
with a "toleration" permit have restricted access to health
care, education and work while their right of movement is
also severely limited. In 2006, there were 186,000 people
living in Germany on a toleration permit. More than 100,000
of them had already stayed longer than 6 years and almost
54,000 for over a decade."
¶7. (U) German law also provides for universal jurisdiction,
which allows the German federal prosecutor to charge someone
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with torture anywhere in the world. The German Code of
Crimes against International Law (CCAIL) went into force on
30 June 2002 and establishes universal jurisdiction over
crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Torture qualifies as both a crime against humanity and a war
crime. The concept of universal jurisdiction is motivated by
the principle that some crimes including genocide, war
crimes, and crimes against humanity are so serious that they
amount to an offense against the whole of humanity and
therefore all states have a responsibility to bring those
responsible to justice.
¶8. (U) The Geneva Conventions and the Convention against
Torture place a legally binding obligation on states that
have ratified them to exercise universal jurisdiction over
persons accused of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions
and torture or to extradite them to a country that will.
This guards against the possibility that an alleged criminal
might not be prosecuted in the country where the crime has
taken place. Instances of this would be (1) where the
national legal system is weak following a conflict, (2) that
country has granted amnesty to the alleged criminal, (3)
there are political reasons for not prosecuting the alleged
criminal in that country, (4) the alleged criminal may not
receive a fair trial, or (5) the alleged criminal risks
receiving the death penalty in that country.
¶9. (U) The German federal prosecutor will only exercise
universal jurisdiction if the competent authorities of the
territorial state, or of the state of nationality of the
suspect or victim, refrain from carrying out a genuine
investigation and where the ICC or another competent
international tribunal does not investigate the case. If the
suspect's presence in Germany allows an investigation to be
efficiently carried out and no other country or court is
carrying out a genuine investigation, then the federal
prosecutor is obliged to begin an investigation. Both
victims and the accused are entitled to legal aid if they are
unable to pay for their legal representation.
¶10. (U) Recently, according to Human Rights Watch,
"Germany's Ministry of Justice has created three dedicated
positions in the general prosecutor's office to investigate
cases of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes
that fall under Germany's universal jurisdiction law. In
addition, the Federal Criminal Police is establishing a
specialized war crimes unit with seven investigators working
on international crimes."
¶11. (U) Germany utilizes its own justice system to enforce
its laws forbidding torture within its own territory. This
is illustrated by the Daschner case in Frankfurt am Main,
Germany. Wolfgang Daschner, a police officer, was
interrogating a man in police custody suspected of
kidnapping. Daschner threatened the suspect, Magnus Gaefgen,
with torture in order to learn the whereabouts of the
kidnapped child. Even though Daschner did not actually use
torture, the court ruled Daschner guilty of a misdemeanor of
coercion. This demonstrated that even the threat of torture
is not acceptable.
CoE, EU, UN and Other Treaties
------------------------------
¶12. (U) As a member of the EU and CoE, Germany implements
treaties in force under these two organizations in addition
to other international treaties concerning the prevention of
torture worldwide. These treaties include:
- The Third Geneva Convention also known as the Geneva
Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
(1950)
- The Council of Europe Convention for the Protection
of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953)
- The Council of Europe Convention for the Prevention
of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(1953)
- The International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (1976)
- The European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights
(2000)
- The European Union Guidelines on Torture (2001)
- The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
(2002)
- The European Commission's ban on trade in instruments
of torture (06/30/05)
- The Treaty of Lisbon (expected to enter into force
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end of 2009)
¶13. (U) The CoE Convention for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment created the
Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT). Germany
exhibits adequate compliance with this convention and the
CPT, according to the State Department's 2008 Human Rights
Report on Germany. This report shows that Germany is open to
investigations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment in its own detention
centers. Germany allowed visits by independent human rights
observers and visits by the CPT in 2005. According to the
State Department's Human Rights Report, "the CPT criticized
conditions under which one German prison held immigration
detainees and raised concerns about the level of violence and
intimidation among prisoners observed at three prisons. The
government responded in detail to the CPT,s recommendations,
comments, and requests for information in its report to the
CPT in April 2007." This is evidence of Germany's
willingness to cooperate and comply with the CPT on issues of
torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
¶14. (U) As a member of the UN, Germany implements the UN
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT, 1984) and the
Optional Protocol to UNCAT (OPCAT, 2002). The Federal Agency
for the Prevention of Torture is Germany's national mechanism
for the prevention of torture based on Article 3 of OPCAT.
The Federal Office for the Prevention of Torture was
established on 20 November 2008 with a statutory notice
issued by the Federal Ministry of Justice (Federal Bulletin,
Nr 182, S. 4277). The Agency is neither a non-governmental
organization, nor a lower authority of any ministry. The
Agency is organizationally independent and not subordinate to
any Federal Ministry, although it is financed through the
Federal Ministry of Justice. Thus, the management of the
Agency underlies neither a legal nor a general supervision.
¶15. (U) In order to prevent torture and ill-treatment, the
Agency is establishing a system of regular and unannounced
visits to places of detention as specified under Article 4 of
OPCAT. The Agency directs its attention to grievances found
and submit recommendations for improvement. The Agency
reports annually to the Federal Government and Parliament on
its activities. Furthermore, the Agency can submit proposals
and observations to existing or draft legislation. See the
website of the Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture:
http://www.antifolterstelle.de.
Foreign Aid
-----------
¶16. (U) Germany contributes to the UN Voluntary Fund for
Torture Victims (UNVFT). General Assembly resolution 36/151
established the UNVFT on 16 December 1981 to receive
donations from governments, NGOs, and individuals in order to
provide psychological, medical, social, legal, economic,
humanitarian, and other assistance to torture victims and
their family members. This is the second largest source of
funding for the rehabilitation of torture victims after the
European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights. The last
year for which the UNVFT has public records of Germany's
contribution is 2002, in which Germany donated 122,066 USD
(or 130,000 Euro). According to the State Report of the
Federal Republic of Germany under the UN Human Rights
Council's Universal Periodic Review of 2008, Germany plans to
continue to financially support national and international
programs for the treatment of torture victims as well as
continue its financial support for the UN Voluntary Fund for
Victims of Torture in 2009.
¶17. (U) In addition, the German government allocated about
80,000 USD to Kyrgyzstan to provide assistance for victims of
torture and to monitor cases of torture in 2008. This money
will be channeled into maintaining the activities of a
working group that was set up recently. This group, along
with Ombudsman Tursunbek Akun, will be involved in protecting
the rights of citizens. On 8 June 2008, the foundation Voice
of Freedom signed a funding agreement with the German
government to create national mechanisms for preventing and
investigating instances of torture.
Rehabilitation for Torture Victims
----------------------------------
¶18. (U) The National Association of Psychosocial Centers for
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Refugees and Victims of Torture (Bundesweite
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Psychosozialen Zentren fuer
Fluechtlinge und Folteropfer e.V. or BAfF) is a concentration
of facilities and projects that provide social,
psychological, and medical rehabilitation for refugees and
victims of torture and other organized violence. BAfF
started out as a series of national meetings and symposia but
in 1997 developed into a nationwide alliance of psycho-social
centers in Germany. The objectives of BAfF are to create a
network of treatment centers at the national, European, and
global levels between states, NGOs and other actors; benefit
from the exchange of treatment methods, technical resources,
and professional standards between centers and external
experts; create working groups on standards of treatment;
work on lobbying and public relations; train professionals
inside and outside of treatment centers; and strengthen the
protection of human rights; have an annual federal
conference; and improve the lives of people who have suffered
traumatizing experiences.
¶19. (U) BAfF offers the opportunity for victims of torture
and refugees to anonymously tell their stories in public and
thereby raise awareness about the human rights abuses they
have suffered from. BAfF also undertakes fundraising to be
able to pay for the treatment of torture victims and
refugees. BAfF has at least one member organization in each
of the 16 German states. There are currently 28 members
including 24 treatment centers as well as initiatives and
facilities.
¶20. (U) An international network similar to BAfF is The
Network of European Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers for
Victims of Torture and Human Right Violations in which over
100 treatment centers are represented. BAfF and its members
are part of this network. This network maintains large
annual networking conferences, working groups on specific
issues, a clinical discussion group, and ongoing dialogue and
coordination via the internet. Participants include
psychotherapists, doctors, psychologists, social workers,
lawyers and administrators. Working groups have been
established regarding assessment and documentation, research,
fundraising, legal issues and advocacy, children, and
clinical issues.
¶21. (U) Another similar international network is the
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
(IRCT). A few individual German treatment centers are
members of this organization, although BAfF is not a member
of the IRCT. The IRCT is an umbrella organization for 142
member treatment centers and programs that support the
rehabilitation of torture victims and work toward preventing
torture worldwide. The IRCT works with governments, human
rights organizations, health professional organizations, and
intergovernmental organizations. Its objectives are to raise
awareness of the rehabilitation need of victims of torture,
promote and support the establishment of new treatment
centers, work to prevent torture and end impunity, record the
impact and consequences of torture, and work to increase
funding for rehabilitation centers and programs around the
world.
¶22. (U) The Berlin Treatment Center for Torture Victims
(BZFO) is a good example of one of the treatment centers that
is part of BAfF, the Network of European Treatment and
Rehabilitation Centers for Victims of Torture and Human
Rights Violations, and the IRCT. The BZFO treats children,
adolescents, adults, and their families from over 50
countries who have suffered from physical problems, long-term
psychological ailments, and psychosomatic disorders.
Medical, psychiatric, and psychotherapeutic treatments are
offered in the day-clinic and out-patient care. Specific
types of therapy include family therapy, client-centered
therapy, psycho-dynamic therapy, behavior therapy, coherent
perception therapy, art therapy, music therapy,
physiotherapy, and garden therapy. Knowledge of
trans-cultural psychotherapy and psychiatry are very
important as are interpreters who build the lingual and
cultural bridges with patients. Relevant research at BZFO is
supported by the Hamburg Institute for Social Research.
¶23. (U) About 50% of funding comes from the public sector
(Ministry for Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth;
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and
European Commission). The other approximately 50% is
donations from foundations, corporations, private donors, and
fundraising efforts. Despite government funding, BZFO
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remains neutral. This is the only treatment center in
Germany which receives government funding. BZFO employs
social workers to assist patients in dealing with authorities
or while making a Social benefits claim; informs patients of
services available to them at BZFO or other refugee
assistance organizations; puts patients in contact with
counseling agencies, doctors, or lawyers; and informs them of
schooling, training, and employment opportunities. BZFO
works with government officials, other treatment centers
around the world, NGOs, social workers, lawyers, nurses,
prisons, and therapists not only to help patients with asylum
requests but also to provide treatment and publicize its
services. BZFO also lobbies to government officials in order
to get more state-funded housing for torture victims and more
financial aid to treatment centers.
¶24. (U) Every German president has visited the center at
least once. Victims can seek out the treatment center on
their own but must be assigned by the government for official
treatment. Victims must have an allowance to live
permanently or temporarily in Germany in order to receive
treatment. Waitlists for treatment sometimes have up to 200
people. Torturers themselves may not receive treatment here.
BZFO also works to raise awareness about torture, for
instance, through an art auction that will take place in
September and through conferences with NGOs including Amnesty
International.
¶25. (U) The BZFO, the University of Zurich, the Kirkuk
Center for Torture Victims in Iraq, the University of
Amsterdam, and Interapy Nederland B.V. are collaborating on
a research project which provides internet-based
psychotherapy for post-dramatic stress disorders in Arabic.
Patients include but are not limited to torture victims. It
is free of charge to a certain number of patients. According
to this program's website, interapy is a standardized,
internet-based writing therapy conducted exclusively through
e-mail and is based on a scientifically tested model with a
defined fixed sequence of interventions. This project was
started in an effort to help the Kirkuk Center for Torture
Victims expand its services. Visit the website of this
program at www.virtual-traumacenter.org.
Other Organizations
-------------------
¶26. (U) The German Institute for Human Rights is a national
mechanism that does research and creates policy
recommendations for the government for responding to general
human rights themes around the world. Regarding torture, one
of their main goals is widespread ratification of OPCAT in
addition to the acceptance of and provision of treatment for
refugees. Two areas of which the institute recommends
stronger consideration are police experts and the German
Federal Armed Forces. Police experts should be consulted
regarding how policemen deal with mistakes they might make as
well as how policemen are trained with respect to torture.
The German Federal Armed Forces undergo training in
peacekeeping operations. This training consists of
simulations of peacekeeping operations where Armed Forces
members must consider how human rights play a role in such
situations.
¶27. (U) Other things the institute focuses on include court
decisions, how the state reacts to and controls torture
cases, talking to doctors, social workers, and other
professionals on torture. The institute employs a broad
definition of torture, including not only extreme violence
under the authorization of a government official but extended
to other forms of extreme violence. The institute is funded
by the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Economic
Cooperation and Development, and the State Department.
Despite the government funding, however, this is a private
national agency and is neutral.
Bradtke