There is evidence of an increase in both spousal abuse and child neglect, and government agencies often ignore such problems due to the constraints imposed by traditional society. Neither the Government nor other organizations successfully have filled the role of the traditional extended family in protecting and supporting its members. There were no reports of political or other extrajudicial killings. There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances. There was no pattern of torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
Prison conditions meet minimum international standards.
No local organizations concern themselves solely with human rights, and the question of prison visits by human rights monitors has not arisen. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile Legal procedures, for the most part patterned after U.S. law, provide for due process, which is carefully observed. Exile is not used. The Constitution provides for an independent judiciary, and it is independent in practice. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Congress.