be considerably improved. He appreciated the fact that no one was held incommunicado and that the family was informed of the arrest of one of its members, but it had been said that there were exceptions. What were those exceptions? He suggested that compulsory medical examination of detainees might help prevent torture. Also, he was not sure how long it was before detaineees were brought before a court. 35. Although China was making great efforts to educate and inform, the admissions contained in the report showed that torture was still continuing, i.e. that the material objective of the Convention had not been fulfilled. He therefore called for an additional report to show what progress had been made towards the complete eradication of torture. Imagination was required in finding ways to control the situation, and the Chairman had offered the Committee's assistance in that regard. 36. Ms. CHANET said that although she was grateful to the Chinese delegation for its full replies, she was not entirely satisfied with the answers to her questions. The Chinese delegation had said that internal legislation was in conformity with the objectives of the Convention, but she wished to point out that the content of the Convention must become part of positive internal law. Regrettably, no specific definition of torture had been included in Chinese legislation so as to ensure that torture was an offence under criminal law. The Committee had been told that 1.5 million complaints had been submitted ant that there had been 382 cases of irregularities in prisons, but had not been told what the follow-up had been. 37. She was still not clear about the cases in which the death penalty was provided for in the Criminal Code and she found the suspended death sentence particularly cruel. She had had no reply to her question about the role of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a discussion about human rights, specifically the prevention of torture, and the implementation of the Convention against Torture. The speaker is asking questions and making suggestions about the Chinese government's efforts to prevent torture, and is concerned about the lack of progress in this area.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights