b) Trafficking in Persons 19. Law No. 2016-027 amending Law No. 2015-010 of 24 November, 2015 on the new Criminal Code defines and cracks down on human trafficking from Articles 317 to 334 thereof. c) Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment 20. The new Criminal Code defines and cracks down on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and treatment. 21. Under Article 198 of the new Code, the term torture refers to “Any act by which pain or severe suffering, physical or mental, are intentionally inflicted on a person, particularly with the aim of obtaining from the person or a third party information or confessions, to punish him for an act that he or a third party has committed or is suspected to have committed, to intimidate him or put pressure on him or on a third party or for any other reason based on a form of discrimination in whatever form when such a pain or such a sufferings are inflicted by a public official or any other person acting in his official capacity or at the instigation of or with his express or tacit consent”. This term does not, however, include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful penalties. “The crime of torture is imprescriptible”. 22. In a bid to strengthen the capacity of the criminal investigation police and the staff of the prison’s administration and reintegration in the area of combatting torture, two regional workshops on training of trainers were organised in September 2014 for 120 participants from the five administrative regions of the country and the Lomé Commune. 23. These workshops were organised with the technical and financial support of the United Nations Development Programme in Togo (UNDP) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Togo (OHCHR). 24. The Atlas of Torture Project initiated by Mr Manfred NOWAK, former Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on Torture with the support of the European Union was implemented in Togo during the period 2012-2013. 25. This project made it possible to develop the capacity of several stakeholders in the area of combating torture. He also supported the government for the review of the organic law relating to the composition, organisation and functioning of the 19