CAT/C/URY/CO/3 Training 23. The Committee appreciates the State party’s efforts to provide training but finds it regrettable that it has not received any information on how effective the training programmes for law enforcement officials have been in reducing the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment. The Committee also takes note of the cooperation that takes place between the Ministry of the Interior, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Prison System and the Department of Forensic Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Republic in developing courses for medical and health-care staff of the prison system on the use of the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol) (art. 10). The State party should: (a) Continue to develop mandatory training programmes in order to ensure that all civil servants are fully familiar with the provisions of the Convention and are fully aware that breaches will not be tolerated, that they will be investigated and that those responsible will be prosecuted; (b) Expand its targeted training programmes on the Istanbul Protocol to include judges, prosecutors, forensic physicians and all medical personnel who deal with persons in detention; (c) Continue to develop a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of training and instructional programmes in reducing the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment. 24. The State party is invited to disseminate its report to the Committee and these concluding observations widely in all appropriate languages through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 25. The Committee requests the State party to furnish it with information by 23 May 2015, at the latest, on the action that it has taken in response to the recommendations in paragraphs 9, 12 and 13 of these concluding observations that it: (a) ensure or reinforce safeguards for persons who have been deprived of their liberty; (b) undertake prompt, impartial and effective investigations; (c) prosecute suspected perpetrators and punish those found guilty of having committed torture or ill-treatment. 26. The Committee invites the State party to submit its fourth periodic report by 23 May 2018, at the latest. To that end, and in view of the fact that the State party has agreed to report to the Committee under the optional reporting procedure, the Committee will submit a list of issues prior to reporting to the State party in due course. 10 GE.14-04582