CAT/C/ECU/CO/7 Convention and are fully aware that offences will not be tolerated but rather will be investigated and that the perpetrators of those offences will be prosecuted; (b) Develop training programmes on non-coercive investigatory techniques; (c) Ensure that all relevant staff, including medical personnel, receive specific training in identifying and documenting cases of torture and ill-treatment, in accordance with the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol); (d) Develop and apply a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of training programmes on the Convention and the Istanbul Protocol. Ill-treatment of police officer trainees 55. The Committee expresses its concern at reports of abuse committed against police officer trainees and takes note of the information provided by the delegation on the ongoing investigation into incidents of alleged ill-treatment at the Dr. Gustavo Noboa Bejarano National Police Academy in Manabí. Nevertheless, the State party has not provided information on steps taken to ensure that similar incidents are not repeated (arts. 2 and 16). 56. The State party should ensure that prompt, impartial and thorough investigations are conducted into all allegations of abuse committed against police officer trainees and that appropriate penalties are imposed on the perpetrators of such abuse. The State party is encouraged to provide detailed information on effective measures adopted to prevent and suppress these acts. Follow-up procedure 57. The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 7 December 2017, information on the follow-up given to the Committee’s recommendations, as contained in paragraphs 32 (allegations of torture and ill-treatment in prisons), 38 (victim and witness protection) and 48 (abuse and sexual violence against minors in schools). Along these same lines, the State party is invited to inform the Committee about its plans for implementing, during the next reporting period, some or all of the remaining recommendations set out in the present concluding observations. Other matters 58. The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report it has submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 59. The Committee invites the State party to submit its eighth periodic report by 7 December 2020. To that end, and in view of the fact that the State party has agreed to report to the Committee under the simplified reporting procedure, the Committee will, in due course, transmit to the State party a list of issues prior to reporting. The State party’s replies to that list of issues will constitute its eighth periodic report under article 19 of the Convention. GE.17-00413 11