(d) Establish transparent criteria to make it possible to determine clearly, in the event of jurisdictional disputes between judicial authorities, cases where the Special Prosecutor responsible for handling offences involving acts of violence against women can exercise jurisdiction in respect of specific offences against women. (20) The Committee takes note of the efforts made by the State party to address the cases of violence against women in Ciudad Juárez, including the establishment in 2004 of the post of Special Prosecutor to handle offences involving the murder of women in the municipality, and also the Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence against Women in Ciudad Juárez. However, the Committee is concerned that many of the cases in which over 400 women in Ciudad Juárez have been murdered or have disappeared since 1993 remain unsolved and that acts of violence, and even murders, continue to occur in Ciudad Juárez. The Committee is also concerned at reports of a failure to draw conclusions as to responsibility from the fact that over 170 state officials are alleged to have committed disciplinary and/or criminal offences during the investigation of these cases, including the use of torture to extract confessions. The State party should: (a) Step up its efforts to find and properly punish the persons responsible for these crimes; (b) Investigate and properly punish public servants who are reported for using methods of torture in order to obtain evidence; (c) Step up its efforts to fully comply with the recommendations made by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women following its inquiry undertaken under article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. (21) The Committee is concerned at reports that, up to the present, in only two cases has compensation been granted to victims of acts of torture following a judicial procedure. In accordance with article 14 of the Convention against Torture, the State party should guarantee to every victim of an act of torture, both in legislation and in practice, redress and the right to fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as full a rehabilitation as possible. (22) The Committee is concerned about reports that, despite legal provisions to the contrary, the judicial authorities continue to accord evidentiary value to confessions obtained using physical or psychological violence, if they are corroborated by other evidence. The State party should ensure that any statement which is established to have been obtained as a result of torture shall not be invoked, either directly or indirectly, as evidence in any proceeding, in accordance with article 15 of the Convention, except against a person accused of torture as evidence that the statement has been made. (23) The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report detailed information on the steps it has taken to comply with the recommendations contained in these concluding observations. The Committee recommends to the State party that it should take all appropriate steps to implement these recommendations, including forwarding them to the members of the Government and Congress, and also to local authorities, for consideration and adoption of the necessary measures. (24) The Committee recommends that the State party should widely disseminate the reports it submits to the Committee, together with these conclusions and recommendations, inter alia in the indigenous languages, through the media, official websites and non-governmental organizations. 28

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