(e) Ensure that adequate human and financial resources are allocated to policies and programmes in this area; (f) Ensure that adequate support services are provided to victims, including those who do not cooperate with the authorities; (g) Consider granting victims of human trafficking temporary residence permits. Training (26) The Committee notes that although the State party has increased the duration of the training provided to prison staff and police and to the officials responsible for deportations, it is still too brief to ensure that they receive adequate multidisciplinary training in the field of human rights. It also regrets that little information has been provided on follow-up and evaluation of this training and that no information has been provided on the results of the training provided to the officials concerned on the effectiveness of such training in reducing the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment (art. 10). The Committee is likewise concerned that the training offered on the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment is inadequate, as the Committee noted in its previous concluding observations (art. 10). The State party should take the following measures: (a) Strengthen efforts to provide multidisciplinary training to qualify personnel in the field of human rights by including in particular thorough information on the prohibition against torture in vocational training programmes intended for prison and police personnel, as recommended in paragraph 7 of the Committee’s previous concluding observations (CAT/C/CR/30/6); (b) Provide all personnel with appropriate specialized training in the identification of signs of torture and ill-treatment. The Committee recommends that the Istanbul Protocol (Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment) form an integral part of training for physicians; (c) Develop and implement a mechanism for evaluating the effectiveness of training and teaching programmes as well as their effectiveness in reducing the number of cases of torture, violence and ill-treatment. (27) The State party is encouraged to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention. (28) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the principal United Nations human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, in particular the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The Committee likewise invites the State party to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. (29) The State party is encouraged to widely disseminate its reports to the Committee as well as the Committee’s concluding observations, in the national languages, by means of official websites, the media and NGOS. The State party is also encouraged to distribute its reports to national human rights NGOs before submitting them to the Committee. (30) The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance with the requirements in the harmonized guidelines on reporting to international human rights treaty bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5). (31) The Committee requests that the State party provide, within one year, information on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 6, 7, 11, 16, 20 and 27 above. (32) The Committee has decided to request the State party to submit its third periodic report no later than 21 November 2012. 16

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