Samoa

Reservations:

       “Article 14

       ‘The Government of the Independent State of Samoa reserves the right to award compensation to torture victims or their families and the question of adequate compensation referred to in Article 14, at the discretion of the Courts of Samoa’.

       Article 20

       ‘The Government of the Independent State of Samoa does not recognise the competence of the Committee against Torture as provided for in Article 20 of the Convention’.

       Article 30

        ‘The Government of the Independent State of Samoa does not consider itself bound by paragraph 1 of Article 30 of the Convention’.”