- 58 (m)
Provide data in the next periodic report, disaggregated, inter alia, by age, gender,
ethnicity and geography, on civil and military places of detention as well as on juvenile detention
centres and other institutions where individuals may be vulnerable to torture or ill-treatment
under the Convention; provide information in the next periodic report regarding the number,
types and results of cases, both disciplinary and criminal, of police and other law enforcement
personnel accused of torture and related offences;
(n)
Widely disseminate the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations and the
summary records of the review of the State party’s reports, including to law enforcement
officials, in the public media and through popularization efforts by non-governmental
organizations;
(o)
Consider consulting directly with independent non-governmental human rights
organizations in the preparation of the next periodic report.
IV.
ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 20
OF THE CONVENTION
A. General information
117. In accordance with article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention, if the Committee receives
reliable information which appears to it to contain well-founded indications that torture is being
systematically practised in the territory of a State party, the Committee shall invite that State
party to cooperate in the examination of the information and, to this end, to submit observations
with regard to the information concerned.
118. In accordance with rule 69 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, the Secretary-General
shall bring to the attention of the Committee information which is, or appears to be, submitted
for the Committee’s consideration under article 20, paragraph 1, of the Convention. No
information shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State party which, in accordance
with article 28, paragraph 1, of the Convention, declared at the time of ratification of or
accession to the Convention that it did not recognize the competence of the Committee provided
for in article 20, unless that State party has subsequently withdrawn its reservation in accordance
with article 28, paragraph 2, of the Convention.
119. The Committee’s work under article 20 of the Convention continued during the period
under review.
120. In accordance with the provisions of article 20 and rules 72 and 73 of the rules of
procedure, all documents and proceedings of the Committee relating to its functions under
article 20 of the Convention are confidential and all the meetings concerning its proceedings
under that article are closed.
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