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mental and psychosocial disabilities hospitalized in psychiatric institutions, bring
those responsible to justice and provide redress to victims.
Corporal punishment of children
24.
The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment of children in the home and
in alternative and day-care settings is not prohibited in national law. (arts. 2 and 16)
The State party should amend its national legislation to prohibit and criminalize all
forms of corporal punishment of children in all environments and settings, in
accordance with international standards, conduct public awareness-raising campaigns
about its harmful effects and promote positive non-violent forms of discipline as an
alternative to corporal punishment.
Hazing and ill-treatment in the army
25.
The Committee is concerned at reports of hazing in the army. It takes note of the
State party’s confirmation that conscription has been abolished. (arts. 2 and 16)
The State party should:
(a)
Reinforce measures to prohibit and eliminate ill-treatment in the armed
forces and ensure prompt, impartial and thorough investigation of all allegations of
such acts;
(b)
Provide the Committee with information on the follow-up to any
confirmed cases of hazing in the army;
(c)
Establish, where evidence of hazing is found, the liability of direct
perpetrators and those in the chain of command, prosecute and punish those
responsible with penalties that are consistent with the gravity of the act committed,
and make the results of such investigations public;
(d)
Provide redress and rehabilitation to victims, including through
appropriate medical and psychological assistance, in accordance with general
comment No. 3.
Other issues
26.
The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party consider making
the declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
27.
The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely, the International Convention on
the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
28.
The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations in appropriate languages,
including Russian, through official websites, the media and non-governmental
organizations.
29.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 23 May 2015, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations relating to: (a) strengthening
legal safeguards for persons deprived of their liberty; (b) pretrial and administrative
detention; and (c) conditions of detention in police arrest houses, as contained in paragraphs
10, 11 and 19, respectively, of the present document.
30.
The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the fourth periodic
report, by 23 May 2018. For that purpose, the Committee will, in due course, submit to the
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