Interim measures granted and State party response None Remedy recommended Urges the State party to conduct a proper investigation into the facts that occurred on 15 April 1995, prosecute and punish the persons responsible for those acts and provide the complainants with redress, including fair and adequate compensation. Due date for State party response None Date of reply See CAT/C/32/FU/1 State party response See first follow-up report (CAT/C/32/FU/1). Following the thirty-third session and while welcoming the State party’s provision of compensation to the complainants for the violations found, the Committee considered that the State party should be reminded of its obligation to conduct a proper investigation into the case. Complainant’s response None Case Dimitrov, 171/2000 Nationality and country of removal if applicable Yugoslav Views adopted on 3 May 2005 Issues and violations found Torture and failure to investigate - article 2, paragraph 1, in connection with 1, 12, 13 and 14 Interim measures granted and State party response N/A flow from the first sentence of article 16 of the Convention include an obligation to grant redress and compensate the victims of an act in breach of that provision. The Committee is therefore of the view that the State party has failed to observe its obligations under article 16 of the Convention by failing to enable the complainants to obtain redress and to provide them with fair and adequate compensation. 117

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