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Compensation and rehabilitation for victims
19. The Committee reiterates the concern at the lack of State programmes for the rehabilitation
of victims which it expressed when considering the initial report of the State party (A/56/44,
paras. 130-136) (art. 14).
The State party should ensure that victims of torture, other ill-treatment, trafficking
and domestic and sexual violence are enabled to benefit from the fullest possible
rehabilitation. The Committee urges the State party to include in its next periodic
report statistics on measures of compensation ordered by the courts and actually
made available to female torture victims.
Data collection
20. The Committee notes the lack of data on persons deprived of their liberty broken down by
age, sex and civil status. It also notes that the Department of Legal Discipline in the Ministry of
Public Security has no data broken down by sex, age, ethnic group or minority group.
The next report should contain data on persons deprived of their liberty broken down
by age, sex and civil status. The State party should also devise an appropriate system
for the collection of data on cases of abuse, broken down by sex, age, ethnic group or
minority group.
Manufacture of torture equipment
21. The Committee notes with concern that there is no legal provision banning the
manufacture and marketing of equipment specifically designed for purposes of torture.
The State party should consider the possibility of devising rules and regulations to
ban the manufacture and marketing of equipment specifically designed for purposes
of torture.
Trafficking in persons
22. The Committee takes note of the efforts made by the State party to combat trafficking in
persons, including the executive decree in 2005 establishing the national coalition to combat
illegal smuggling of immigrants and trafficking in persons and the Institutional Protocol for Care
for Victims of Trafficking drafted by the National Children’s Trust (PANI). However, the
Committee expresses concern at the fact that trafficking in persons is not an offence in domestic
legislation (art. 16).
The State party should criminalize trafficking in persons in accordance with the
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women
and Children supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational
Organized Crime.