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The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention at the national level, including data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions in cases of torture and
ill-treatment, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, trafficking and
domestic and sexual violence, and on means of redress, including compensation
and rehabilitation, provided to the victims. The State party should include such
data in its next periodic report.
Cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms
36.
The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its cooperation
with United Nations human rights mechanisms, including by permitting visits of, inter
alia, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading
treatment or punishment, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of
human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, the Special
Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, the Working Group
on Arbitrary Detention, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights
defenders.
37.
Noting the commitment made by the State party in the context of the universal
periodic review (A/HRC/13/17/Add.1, para. 3), the Committee recommends that the
State party consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as soon
as possible.
38.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the
declarations envisaged under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
39.
The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human
rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely the International Convention on
the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,
the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and
the Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
40.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court.
41.
The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, in appropriate languages,
through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
42.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in
paragraphs 12, 16 and 31 of the present document.
43.
The Committee invites the State party to present its next periodic report in
accordance with its reporting guidelines and to observe the page limit of 40 pages for
the treaty-specific document. The Committee also invites the State party to regularly
update its common core document in accordance with the requirements of the
harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights treaties
(HRI/GEN.2/Rev.6), approved by the inter-committee meeting of human rights treaty
bodies, and to observe the page limit of 80 pages for the updated common core
document. The treaty-specific document and the common core document together
constitute the reporting obligation of the State party under the Convention.
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