CAT/C/THA/CO/1 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. 12

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