CAT/C/UZB/CO/4 accommodation. The State party should ensure that mechanisms are in place to encourage women victims of violence to come forward and that all allegations of violence are promptly, thoroughly and effectively investigated, that perpetrators are held accountable and that women victims of violence obtain adequate redress including, inter alia, compensation and rehabilitation. Cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms 26. Despite the recent efforts of the State party to cooperate with certain United Nations human rights mechanisms and procedures, the Committee is concerned that the State party has not accepted the recent requests of more than 10 special procedures of the Human Rights Council to visit the country. The State party should consider issuing a standing invitation to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council and in particular facilitate the outstanding request of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment to visit Uzbekistan at the earliest occasion possible. Training of personnel 27. The Committee takes note of the information regarding study programmes on the Convention and of training workshops it has organized for law enforcement officers, prison officials, medical personnel serving in the correctional system and other State officials. The Committee regrets that the State party has not provided information regarding the way it assesses whether this training has been effective. The Committee also notes a lack of information provided on gender-specific training (art.10). The State party should provide gender-specific training and training for medical personnel dealing with detainees, in particular in pretrial detention facilities, on the identification of signs of torture and ill-treatment pursuant to the Istanbul Protocol of 1999 (Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment). The State party should develop and implement a methodology to assess the effectiveness and impact of its training and educational programmes on cases of torture and ill-treatment. Other issues 28. The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations envisaged under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, in order to recognize the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications. 29. The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the other core United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol; Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. 30. The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 10