Guidelines for Action on Children in the Criminal Justice System (the Vienna Guidelines), as well as
the latest recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (see CRC/C/15/Add.265). In
this respect, the Committee recommends that the State party should, in particular:
(a)
Allocate sufficient resources for appropriately implementing the Code on Children and
Young Persons in all departments, especially through the establishment of juvenile courts throughout
the country;
(b)
Adopt all necessary measures to establish separate detention centres for persons below
the age of 18;
(c)
Improve detention conditions for persons below the age of 18, notably in police detention
centres, in particular through compliance with international standards;
(d)
Investigate, prosecute and punish, in all cases, ill-treatment committed by law
enforcement officers, particularly prison guards, and establish an independent, accessible system for
receiving and dealing with complaints from children which takes account of children’s sensibilities;
(e)
Ensure that children deprived of their liberty under the juvenile justice system maintain
regular contact with their families and, in particular, inform parents where their children are being
held;
(f)
Offer prison staff training on the rights and special needs of children.
Redress, including the right to rehabilitation and compensation
(25) The Committee notes with concern the lack of information in the State party’s report on the practical
application of the right of victims of torture to redress, including their right to the most complete rehabilitation
possible and to fair and adequate compensation by the State, and especially the lack of data on cases and on the
judicial and administrative decisions adopted (art. 14).
The State party, in accordance with article 14 of the Convention, should ensure that redress,
compensation and rehabilitation are guaranteed to all victims of torture, both in law and in practice.
The Committee also requests the State party to include detailed information on the following matters
in its next report:
(a)
Applicable procedures for the rehabilitation and compensation of victims of torture and
their families, along with an indication of whether those procedures are available only to nationals or
also to other groups, such as refugees;
(b)
A detailed description of the rehabilitation programmes that exist at the national level for
victims of torture;
(c)
Examples of actual cases of compensation and rehabilitation, together with the relevant
judicial and administrative decisions adopted.
Data collection
(26) The Committee regrets the fact that, for certain areas covered by the Convention, the State party was unable
to supply statistics or to disaggregate those supplied sufficiently (e.g., by age, gender and/or ethnic group). During
the current dialogue, this was the case with respect to data on violence against women, including rape and sexual
harassment, on investigations of possible complaints of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment and on instances of compensation and rehabilitation, etc.
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