(l)
Allow regular and unannounced visits to police stations by the Office of the
Ombudsman, as well as by other independent bodies;
(m)
Provide systematic medical examination of detainees within 24 hours of their
admission to prison, improve medical care in detention facilities, establish training for
medical personnel and transfer all prison medical personnel to the authority of the
Ministry of Public Health;
(n)
Amend its legislation in order to prohibit the refoulement of persons without
a legal procedure and to provide all required guarantees;
(o)
Adopt measures to combat sexual violence and violence against women,
including domestic violence, and promptly and impartially investigate all allegations of
torture or ill-treatment with a view to prosecuting those responsible;
(p)
Transfer the responsibility for all pre-trial detainees to the authority of the
Ministry of Justice;
(q)
Take all necessary measures to ensure the effective implementation of the
provisions of the Convention and of the adopted legislation, disseminate the relevant
legislation to detainees and law enforcement personnel and provide adequate training to
the latter;
(r)
Provide in the next periodic report detailed statistical data, disaggregated by
age, gender and origin, on complaints related to torture and other ill-treatment allegedly
committed by law enforcement personnel, as well as on related investigations, prosecutions,
and penal and disciplinary sentences;
(s)
Consider making the declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the
Convention.
85.
The Committee also recommends that the State party disseminate widely the
Committee’s conclusions and recommendations, in all appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and NGOs.
86.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on
its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraph 84,
subparagraphs (c), (d), (i) and (l) above.
87.
The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be
considered as the second, by 9 June 2007.
UGANDA
88.
The Committee considered the initial report of Uganda (CAT/C/5/Add.32) at its 651st
and 654th meetings, held on 11 and 12 May 2005 (CAT/C/SR.651 and 654 and Add.1),
and adopted, at its 661st meeting (CAT/C/SR.661), the following conclusions and
recommendations.
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