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The State party should:
(a)
Reinforce the training programmes on the Convention that it offers to
civilian and military law enforcement officers and extend them to judges, prosecutors,
lawyers and medical and prison staff;
(b)
Include the Istanbul Protocol in these training programmes so that the
trainees, particularly medical staff, will be better equipped to detect and document
signs of torture and ill-treatment; and
(c)
Assess the effectiveness of the training courses and their impact on
compliance with and the implementation of the Convention, and carry out public
awareness campaigns on the prevention and prohibition of torture.
Lack of statistical data
(28) The Committee regrets the lack of comprehensive and substantiated data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions for acts of torture or ill-treatment
inflicted by law enforcement officials, military officers or staff of prisons or psychiatric
facilities. It also regrets the lack of comparable data on violence against women, juvenile
justice, corporal punishment, and the trafficking of persons, particularly women and
children.
The State party should compile the above-mentioned data to allow for an effective
assessment of the implementation of the Convention at the national level and to help
with the identification of targeted measures to prevent and effectively combat torture,
ill-treatment and all forms of violence against women and children. It should also
provide statistics on redress, including compensation, and on rehabilitation
mechanisms for victims.
Other issues
(29) The Committee encourages the State party to consider making the declarations under
articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, thereby recognizing the competence of the Committee
to receive and consider inter-State and individual communications.
(30) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee, as well as the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages,
through official Internet sites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(31) The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 22 November 2014,
information on the follow-up given to the following recommendations: (a) the introduction
or strengthening of legal safeguards for detainees; (b) the prompt instigation of impartial
and effective investigations; and (c) the initiation of proceedings against suspects and
sentencing of perpetrators of acts of torture or ill-treatment (see paragraphs 10, 11 and 12,
above). The Committee furthermore requests the additional information on redress and
compensation for victims of torture or ill-treatment mentioned in paragraph 18, above.
(32) The Committee invites the State party to submit its next periodic report, which will
be its second one, by 22 November 2017. In this respect the Committee invites the State
party to agree, by 22 November 2014, to submit that report under the optional procedure
whereby the Committee sends the State party a list of issues prior to the submission of its
periodic report. The replies to the list of issues will constitute the State party’s second
periodic report under article 19 of the Convention.
57.
Kyrgyzstan
The Committee against Torture considered the second periodic report of Kyrgyzstan
(CAT/C/KGZ/2) at its 1192nd and 1195th meetings, held on 12 and 13 November 2013
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