CAT/C/HND/CO/2 Training 51. While noting the efforts made by the State party to provide human rights training to members of the security forces and the armed forces, the Committee finds it regrettable that it has not received any information about the development of mechanisms for assessing the effectiveness of those training programmes in reducing the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment. The Committee appreciates the cooperation between the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment, the Public Prosecution Service, the Judicial Training College, the Directorate-General of Forensic Medicine and civil society organizations in conducting training on the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol) (art. 10). 52. The State party should: (a) Continue to conduct and review mandatory training programmes in order to ensure that all civil servants, and particularly security and armed forces personnel, fully understand the provisions of the Convention and are fully aware that offences will not be tolerated and will instead be investigated and the perpetrators prosecuted; (b) Establish a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of training programmes as a means of reducing the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment; (c) Ensure that all relevant staff, including medical personnel, are specifically trained to identify cases of torture and ill-treatment, in accordance with the Istanbul Protocol; (d) Strengthen efforts to raise awareness and provide education about gender-based violence for public officials who work directly with victims. Follow-up procedure 53. The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 12 August 2017, information on follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 16, 20 (a) and (c), 30 and 44. In that context, the State party is invited to inform the Committee about its plans for implementing, within the coming reporting period, some or all of the remaining recommendations in the concluding observations. Other issues 54. The Committee encourages the State party to consider making the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention. 55. The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 56. The Committee invites the State party to submit its third periodic report by 12 August 2020. To that end, and in view of the fact that the State party has agreed to report to the Committee under the simplified reporting procedure, the Committee will, in due course, transmit to the State party a list of issues prior to reporting. The State party’s replies to that list of issues will constitute its third periodic report under article 19 of the Convention. GE.16-14849 11