CAT/C/SLV/CO/2 16. Training on the prohibition of torture and application of the Istanbul Protocol 28. The Committee notes with satisfaction the incorporation by the Public Security Academy of the study and practice of human rights, including the Convention against Torture and the Istanbul Protocol, in the basic training of police officers and the organization of training sessions on human rights for all police personnel. However, the Committee regrets the paucity of information provided on the monitoring and evaluation of existing training programmes, on the results of this training and on the usefulness of these programmes in reducing the number of cases of torture and ill-treatment. It also regrets the lack of information concerning training on the Istanbul Protocol for personnel involved in investigating, identifying and dealing with cases of torture (art. 10). The State party should devise and apply a method for assessing the effectiveness of training and educational programmes, as well as their impact in reducing the number of cases of torture, violence and ill-treatment. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to ensure that all personnel involved in the investigation and identification of cases of torture are aware of the content of the Istanbul Protocol and are trained to apply it. 17. Redress and rehabilitation 29. The Committee is concerned that the State party does not have a programme for compensating and rehabilitating the victims of torture and that not all victims have the right to fair and adequate compensation (art. 14). The Committee reaffirms the State party’s obligation to ensure that all victims of acts of torture have the legal right to fair and adequate compensation and rehabilitation. 30. The Committee invites the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. 31. The Committee further invites the State party to ratify the main United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (signed on 25 September 2009), the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (signed on 4 April 2001), the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. 32. The Committee notes that the Government’s programme for 2009–2014, under political reform relating to human rights, includes promoting the withdrawal of reservations on the recognition of competence. Nevertheless, the Committee recommends that the State party examine the possibility of making the declarations provided for in articles 21 and 22 of the Convention. 33. The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report detailed information on the steps it has taken to comply with the recommendations contained in these concluding observations. The Committee recommends that the State party take all appropriate steps to implement these recommendations, including their transmission to members of the Government and Congress for consideration and adoption of any necessary measures. 34. The Committee recommends that the State party disseminate widely through the media, official websites and non-governmental organizations, including in indigenous languages, the reports it submits to the Committee, together with these conclusions and recommendations. GE.09-46812 9