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recommends that the State party consider reviving the previous procedure for
selecting commissioners to the NHRCT with a view to increasing the number of
commissioners and that it allow for the participation of representatives of nongovernmental human rights organizations.
Training
26.
The Committee takes note of the information, included in the State party’s report
and supplemented during the dialogue, about training on human rights for State officers.
However, the Committee regrets that: (a) there is insufficient practical training to all
professionals directly involved in the investigation and documentation of torture as well as
to medical and other personnel involved with detainees and asylum seekers on the
provisions of the Convention and on how to detect and document physical and
psychological sequelae of torture; (b) there is a lack of training on the absolute prohibition
of torture in the context of instructions issued to security personnel; and (c) there is a lack
of information on the monitoring and evaluation of the impact of the training programmes
in reducing incidents of torture and ill-treatment (art. 10).
The State party should:
(a)
Provide mandatory training programmes to all public officials, in
particular members of the police and prison staff, to ensure that they are fully aware
of the provisions of the Convention, that any breach of the Convention is not
tolerated, but investigated and perpetrators brought to trial;
(b)
Provide specific training to all relevant personnel, including medical
personnel, on how to identify signs of torture and ill-treatment, including on the use of
the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol);
(c)
Strengthen its efforts to implement a gender-sensitive approach for the
training of those involved in the custody, interrogation or treatment of women
subjected to any form of arrest, detention or imprisonment;
(d)
Assess the effectiveness and impact of training programmes and
education on the incidence of torture and ill-treatment.
Redress, including compensation and rehabilitation
27.
While noting the provisions of Section 420 of the Civil and Commercial Code and
the Compensation and Expenses for Injured and Accused Persons Accused Act that victims
may claim redress for human rights violations, the Committee is concerned about: (a) the
absence of systematic provision by the State of rehabilitation and redress to victims for the
physical and psychological consequences of torture, including appropriate medical and
psychological care;, (b) the obstacles for victims of torture and ill-treatment to receive
redress, including adequate compensation and rehabilitation; and (c) the insufficient
information provided by the State party on redress and compensation measures, including
means of rehabilitation, ordered by the courts or other State bodies and actually provided to
victims of torture or their families, since the entry into force of the Convention for the State
party (art. 14).
The State party should take the necessary steps to ensure that victims of torture and
ill-treatment receive redress, including fair and adequate compensation and the
means for as full rehabilitation as possible. The Committee draws the State party’s
attention to its general comment No. 3 (2012) on the implementation of article 14 by
State parties, in which it elaborates on the nature and scope of State parties’
obligations to provide full redress to victims of torture.
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