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(j)
Ensure the right of torture victims to fair and adequate compensation from the
State and set up programmes for the physical and psychological rehabilitation of victims;
(k)
Continue and expand efforts to establish “half-way homes” for women in order to
avoid their remaining in prison beyond the expiration of their sentence;
(l)
Review the minimum age of criminal responsibility and ensure that all protective
institutions and other places of detention meet international juvenile justice standards, including
those of the Convention;
(m)
Consider making the declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention and
ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention;
(n)
Consult closely with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the
United Nations independent human rights mechanisms and country-based programmes to
develop appropriate education and training programmes on, inter alia, the United Nations human
rights treaty body reporting processes and programmes aimed at enforcing the prohibition of
torture and ill-treatment.
8.
The Committee recommends that the next State party report should comply with the
reporting guidelines of the Committee and include, inter alia:
(a)
Detailed information on the practical implementation of its legislation and the
recommendations of the Committee;
(b)
Detailed statistical data, disaggregated by crime, geographical location, ethnicity
and gender, on complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly committed by law
enforcement officials, as well as related investigations, prosecutions, and penal and disciplinary
sentences.
9.
The Committee recommends that the State party widely disseminate the reports
submitted by Yemen to the Committee and the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations,
in appropriate languages, through official web sites, the media and non-governmental
organizations.
10.
The Committee invites the delegation to submit complementary written information
regarding the questions raised during the dialogue that remain unanswered.
11.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on its
response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 7 (d) and (f) above.
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