CAT/C/MDV/CO/1 46. The State party should: (a) Ensure that police and law enforcement officers, investigators, judicial personnel, military officers, prison staff and personnel of other institutions where persons may be deprived of their liberty receive training and instruction on the provisions of the Convention and in particular on the absolute prohibition of torture; (b) Provide specific training to investigators on the use of non-coercive methods of investigation and interrogation that comply with international standards, so that they avoid committing acts that may amount to torture; (c) Communicate that breaches of the Convention will not be tolerated and that such breaches will be investigated and perpetrators prosecuted, and establish a system of vetting in relation to past abuses; (d) Ensure that medical personnel, including psychiatrists and other persons involved with the custody, interrogation or treatment of persons subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment and persons in psychiatric institutions, receive mandatory training on the Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol); (e) Develop and implement a methodology to assess the effectiveness and impact of any such training. Follow-up procedure 47. The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 7 December 2019, information on follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations on the establishment of an impartial and effective transitional justice mechanism; on dealing with impunity for acts of torture; on enacting a moratorium on flogging and other corporal punishment with a view to prohibiting them; and on urgently undertaking the prison reform it has announced and the measures to improve the material conditions of detention (see paras. 8 (a), 10 (a), 32 and 36 (a) and (b)). In the same context, the State party is invited to inform the Committee about its plans for implementing within the coming reporting period, some or all of the remaining recommendations in the concluding observations. Other issues 48. While noting the statement by the head of the delegation that it will shortly make a declaration under article 22 of the Convention recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications from individuals subject to its jurisdiction, the Committee invites the State party to consider making the declarations envisaged under both articles 21 and 22 of the Convention. 49. While noting that the opening statement of the head of the delegation pledged that the new Government would submit the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance for ratification, the Committee invites the State party to accede to the core United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet party. 50. The Committee recommends that the State party publish the second report and recommendations of the Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture on its follow-up visit to the country. 51. In response to the State party’s request, the Committee invites the State party to consider availing itself of the technical support, capacity-building and training offered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and, where relevant, by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 52. The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations and to inform the Committee about the activities it undertakes in that regard. 11