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The State party should ensure that adequate compensation is provided to victims of
torture and ill-treatment and that appropriate rehabilitation programmes are
provided to all victims of torture, ill-treatment, trafficking and domestic and other
sexual violence, including medical and psychological assistance.
Legal aid
33. The Committee expresses its concern about the difficulties persons, including members of
vulnerable groups, experience in their efforts to exercise the right to make complaints and to
obtain redress and fair and adequate compensation as victims of acts of torture (arts. 13 and 14).
The State party should take measures to provide an effective free legal aid system, in
particular for persons at risk or belonging to groups made vulnerable. It should
ensure that the system is adequately resourced to guarantee that all victims of acts of
torture and ill-treatment can exercise their rights under the Convention.
Human rights training
34. While acknowledging a variety of programmes and manuals prepared by the State party,
the Committee regrets the insufficient training with regard to the provisions of the Convention
for law enforcement, military and security personnel, as well as for judges and prosecutors. The
Committee also notes with concern the lack of specific training of medical personnel in detention
facilities to detect signs of torture and ill-treatment (arts. 10 and 11).
The State party should reinforce its training programmes for all law enforcement and
military personnel on the absolute prohibition of torture, as well as for all members
of the judiciary and prosecutors on the specific obligations under the Convention.
The State party should also ensure adequate training for all medical personnel
involved with detainees, to detect signs of torture and ill-treatment in accordance
with international standards, such as those outlined in the Istanbul Protocol.
Data collection
35. The Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive and disaggregated data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and ill-treatment by
law enforcement and military personnel, as well as on trafficking, enforced disappearances,
internally displaced persons, violence against children, ill-treatment of migrant workers, violence
against minorities and domestic and sexual violence.
The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention at the national level, including data on complaints,
investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and ill-treatment,
trafficking, enforced disappearances, internally displaced persons, violence against
children, ill-treatment of migrant workers, violence against minorities and domestic
and sexual violence, especially in military conflict areas, as well as on compensation
and rehabilitation provided to the victims.