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(f)
Provide the Committee with comprehensive disaggregated data on the
number of investigations, prosecutions and sentences handed down for human
trafficking and on the provision of redress to the victims.
Parliamentary Human Rights Commissioner and the national preventive mechanism
16.
The Committee welcomes the amendments to the Act on the Parliamentary Human
Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) designating the Office of the Commissioner as the
national preventive mechanism. However, the Committee is concerned about the lack of
sufficient financial and staffing resources to carry out both the mandate of national human
rights institution and that of national preventive mechanism under the Optional Protocol to
the Convention (art. 2).
The State party should allocate additional financial and staffing resources to ensure
the full and effective operation of the national preventive mechanism in compliance
with the Optional Protocol to the Convention.
Asylum seekers and internally displaced persons
17.
The Committee is concerned at reports that persons in need of international
protection do not have access to asylum procedures, including determination of refugee
status, in accordance with international standards. It is also concerned about the
unnecessary detention of asylum seekers, the short five-day limit for appealing against
negative decisions and the lack of regular access to legal aid and interpreters. While taking
note of the adoption of the law on internally displaced persons on 20 October 2014, the
Committee is particularly concerned at the large number of internally displaced persons as a
result of the annexation of Crimea and armed conflict in parts of the country (arts. 3, 14 and
11).
The State party should:
(a)
Ensure that all persons applying for international protection have access
to a fair refugee determination procedure and are effectively protected against
refoulement;
(b)
Refrain from detaining asylum seekers for prolonged periods, use
detention only as a measure of last resort for as short a period as possible, promote
alternatives to detention and revise policy in order to bring it in line with the
Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of
Asylum Seekers and Alternatives to Detention issued by the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;
(c)
Consider increasing the time for filing appeals and ensure that rejected
applicants are not deported immediately upon the conclusion of administrative
proceedings before they are able to submit an appeal against a negative asylum
decision, and make available legal aid and interpreters;
(d)
Take all the necessary measures, in accordance with international
standards, to provide sufficient protection to all internally displaced persons.
Training
18.
The Committee appreciates the training programmes provided to the staff of
procuratorial and internal affairs agencies and the prison service. The Committee is
concerned, however, at the absence of specific methodologies to evaluate the effectiveness
and impact of such training on the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment. It is also
concerned that training on the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (Istanbul
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