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position to repeat the alleged act, commit reprisals against the alleged victim or
obstruct the investigation;
(d)
Compile and publish comprehensive disaggregated statistical
information relevant to all complaints and reports received of torture or ill-treatment,
including information on whether such complaints led to investigations and, if so, by
which authority, whether the investigations resulted in the imposition of disciplinary
measures and/or prosecutions and whether the victims obtained redress, in a manner
that will enable the State party to provide such information to the Committee and
other relevant monitors in the future.
Redress
30.
While noting the State party’s assertion that its legislation provides for redress for
victims of torture and ill-treatment, the Committee regrets that the delegation did not
provide specific information on redress, including compensation measures ordered by the
national courts and other State bodies or by the European Court of Human Rights and
actually provided to the victims of torture and ill-treatment (including excessive use of
force) or to their families since the consideration of the State party’s previous periodic
report. The Committee also regrets that the State party has not presented information on
reparation programmes or on measures taken to support and facilitate the work of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that seek to provide rehabilitation to victims of torture
and ill-treatment (art. 14).
31.
The State party should ensure that all victims of torture and ill-treatment
obtain redress, including an enforceable right to fair and adequate compensation and
the means for as full a rehabilitation as possible. The Committee draws the attention
of the State party to general comment No. 3 (2012) on article 14 of the Convention, in
which the Committee explains the content and scope of the obligations of States
parties to provide full redress to victims of torture. The State party should compile
and provide to the Committee information on redress and on compensation measures,
including means of rehabilitation, ordered by the courts or other State bodies and
actually provided to victims of torture or ill-treatment.
Coerced confessions
32.
While taking note of the guarantees set forth in article 177 (2) of the Code of
Criminal Procedure regarding the inadmissibility of evidence obtained by or through
criminal acts, the Committee regrets that the State party has not provided it with examples
of cases dismissed by the courts because of the submission of evidence or testimony
obtained by means of torture or ill-treatment (art. 15).
33.
The State party should:
(a)
Take effective steps to ensure in practice that confessions obtained under
torture or ill-treatment are ruled inadmissible and investigated;
(b)
Expand specialized training programmes for both judges and
prosecutors so as to ensure their ability to effectively identify torture and ill-treatment
and investigate all allegations of such acts;
(c)
Provide the Committee with information on any cases in which
confessions were deemed inadmissible on the grounds that they had been obtained
through torture or ill-treatment, and indicate whether any officials have been
prosecuted and punished for extracting such confessions.
Extraditions and diplomatic assurances
34.
While taking note of the information provided by the delegation on the principles
governing extraditions, the Committee regrets the lack of information available on the
number of extraditions carried out during the reporting period, on the number of instances
and the types of cases in which the State party has offered or accepted diplomatic
assurances or guarantees, and on the measures taken in such cases with regard to
subsequent monitoring (art. 3).
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