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If the abuse of power is committed in the course of the performance of his official functions, he is liable to the penalties provided for in article 114 et seq. of the pen13.1 Code. 8. (...) It shall be composed of three judges of the appeal court designated annually by the first. president. The functions of the State Counsel division (ministere pUblic) shall be exercised by the general State Counsel in court (parquet). (...) The head of the penal institution and staff members, approved visitors, members of the medical and social services and chaplains of the institution, and any other persons who habitually perform any function in the institution, may not serve on the supervisory commis~~on.

Furthermore, the Government of Malta has set up the Office of the Ombudsman with the function to investigate administrative actions taken by or on behalf of government departments, local councils and other public authorities. (...) The same article states that no person shall be treated in a discriminating manner by any person acting by virtue of any written law or in the performances of the functions of any public office or any public authority. 26. (...) “218. (1) A grievous bodily harm is punishable with imprisonment for a term from nine months to nine years: “(a) if it causes any permanent debility of the health or any permanent functional debility of any organ of the body, or any permanent mental infirmity; “(b) if it causes any serious and permanent disfigurement of the face, neck, or either of the hands of the person injured; “(c) if being committed on a woman with child, it causes miscarriage. “(2) Any debility of the health of any functional debility of any organ of the body, and any mental infirmity, serious disfigurement, or defect shall be deemed to be permanent even when it is probably so. “(3) The punishment for the offences referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be that established in subsection (2) of section 312 if the bodily harm is committed by means of an explosive fluid or substance.

In paragraph 5 of the concluding observations it is stated that the Committee welcomes the creation of the “Rapid Reaction Group”, the function of which is to visit places of detention and investigate complaints. 4. (...) To facilitate its monitoring duties, the board has been provided with lists of inmates who were held in places of detention in violation of procedural deadlines or who presented with bodily injuries; − A department to reform and monitor the penitentiary system has been set up in the Ministry, one of whose functions is to draw up recommendations on upholding the rights of convicted prisoners. (...) In paragraph 16 of its concluding observations the Committee expressed concern that the Ombudsman’s functions were not clearly defined and her power to implement recommendations was limited. 77.

Beside ratification, it places emphasis above all on functional implementing legislation. The Czech Republic´s initial report to the CTC (S/2001/1302) lists the relevant instruments, with information whether the Czech Republic is a party or signatory. (...) Section 234a Taking hostages (1) A person who takes another person hostage and threatens to kill him or her or to cause him or her bodily harm or any other serious harm with the aim to compel others to do, to omit doing or to tolerate anything, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two to eight years (...) (2) The offender shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two to ten years, a) if by the act he or she causes serious bodily harm, b) if by the act he or she gains major profit