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adoption of a National Action Plan to Combat Domestic Violence Against Women and
various training programmes for law enforcement officers, the Committee remains
concerned at the reported extent of physical and sexual violence against women. The
Committee is concerned at reports that women are rarely inclined to report ill-treatment and
violence against them to the police and at the inadequate number of available shelters for
women victims of violence, in spite of relevant provisions in the Municipal Law of 2005. In
addition, the Committee is concerned at the lack of information on reparation and
compensation, including rehabilitation, for victims as required by article 14 of the
Convention. The Committee is furthermore concerned at reports of the failure of State
authorities to investigate honour killings, and at the lack of comprehensive official statistics
on honour killings as well as on domestic violence. Also, the Committee is concerned that
under article 287 of the Penal Code judges and prosecutors can order a virginity test in rape
cases against the will of the woman (arts. 2 and 16).
The State party shall continue and strengthen its efforts, including in cooperation with
the Council of Europe, the European Union and United Nations human rights
mechanisms, to prevent and protect women from all forms of violence. The State
party should:
(a)
Undertake all necessary measures to facilitate and encourage women to
exercise their right to lodge complaints on domestic violence to the police, including in
the building and staffing of shelters, hotlines and other protective measures;
(b)
Ensure prompt and effective investigations into all allegations of honour
killings and violence against women and ensure that perpetrators are brought to
justice and punished with penalties appropriate to the nature of their crimes;
(c)
Ensure that victims are
compensation, including rehabilitation;
provided
adequate
reparation
and
(d)
Introduce a comprehensive system of data collection and statistics on
violence against women, including on domestic violence and honour killings,
disaggregated by age, ethnicity and minority status, and geographical location.
Children in detention
(21) While welcoming the 2010 amendments to the Law on Combating Terrorism which
prohibit trial on charges of terrorism of juveniles who attend illegal meetings and
demonstrations or distribute propaganda material for outlawed organizations and reduce
penalties applied to those accused of terrorism-related offences, the Committee is
concerned at reports that children continue to be detained in unrecorded adult pre-charge
facilities following arrest during demonstration, including in the Anti-Terrorism Branch of
Security Directorate, rather than in the Children’s Branch. Further, the Committee is
concerned at reports of ill-treatment of children while held in unofficial places of detention
and that interrogations have occurred without legal assistance or the presence of an adult or
legal guardian. While noting information from the representative of the State party that
most sentences do not exceed two years’ imprisonment, the Committee is concerned at
reports that children allegedly continue to be sentenced to long periods of imprisonment
(art. 16).
The State party should develop and implement a comprehensive system of alternative
measures to ensure that deprivation of liberty of children is used only as a measure of
last resort, for the shortest period possible and in appropriate conditions. The State
party should ensure that detention of children is subject to regular review so as to
make certain that no child is subject to any form of ill-treatment during detention and
that no child is held in unrecorded places of detention. In addition, the State party
should strengthen awareness and application of international human rights standards
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