11. 委员会重申之前的建议，中国香港应修订立法，在其中纳入完全符合《公约》、涵盖第 1 条所载全部要素的酷刑定义。为此，中国香港应再次考虑：(a) 对“公务人员”一词采用适用范围更广的定义，从而确保可以因酷刑行为起诉所有公务人员或以公务身份行事的其他任何；(b) 废除《刑事犯罪(酷刑)条例》第 3(4)条所载的辩护依据。委员会提请中国香港注意关于执行《公约》第 2 条的第 2 号一般性意见(2007 年)，其中除其他外写明，禁止酷刑这一点是绝对的，不可克减的；不得援引任何特殊情况作为酷刑行为的辩护理由(第 5 段)。委员会还提醒，《公约》中的定义若与国内法中纳入的定义有重大差距，就会出现实际或可能的漏洞，从而导致有罪不罚(第 9段)。
11. The Committee reiterates its previous recommendations that Hong Kong, China should amend its legislation to include a definition of torture that is in full conformity with the Convention and covers all the elements contained in article 1. To that effect, Hong Kong, China should reconsider: (a) Adopting a more inclusive definition of the term “public official” in order to ensure that all public officials or any other person acting in an official capacity can be prosecuted for acts of torture; (b) Abolishing the defence contained in section 3 (4) of the Crimes (Torture) Ordinance. The Committee draws the attention of Hong Kong, China to its general comment No. 2 (2007), on the implementation of article 2 of the Convention, in which it states, inter alia, that the prohibition against torture is absolute and non-derogable and no exceptional circumstances whatsoever may be invoked to justify acts of torture (para. 5). It also reminds that serious discrepancies between the Convention’s definition and that incorporated into domestic law create actual or potential loopholes for impunity (para. 9).