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inability of the Republic of Moldova to exercise effective control in the region (arts. 2 and
16).
51.
The Committee recommends that the State party, through its participation in
the “5+2 talks”, encourage the adoption of effective measures to promote the
prevention and prohibition of torture and ill-treatment, taking into account the
jurisdictional vacuum in the Transnistrian region.
Redress
52.
While welcoming the delegation’s statement that a draft law aiming to provide
compensation to victims of torture or ill-treatment in places of detention has been prepared,
the Committee is concerned at reports that victims of torture or ill-treatment rarely receive
compensation and that even when awarded compensation, the amount is minimal. The
Committee also regrets the absence of statistical data concerning compensation and
rehabilitation services provided to victims of torture or ill-treatment (art. 14).
53.
The Committee, recalling its general comment No. 3, urges the State party to
ensure that all victims of torture and ill-treatment, including relatives of disappeared
individuals, obtain redress, including adequate compensation and rehabilitation,
including in cases in which the perpetrator has not been identified or convicted of a
crime. The State party should compile and provide the Committee with data on the
total number of requests for compensation received, the number of requests granted
and the amount of compensation awarded by courts.
Follow-up procedure
54.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 10 August 2019, information
on follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations on investigations of acts of torture and
ill-treatment, the case of Yevgeny Makarov, and human rights defenders and journalists
(see paras. 15, 17 and 29 above). In that context, the State party is invited to inform the
Committee about its plans for implementing, within the coming reporting period, some or
all of the remaining recommendations in the concluding observations.
Other issues
55.
The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet party.
56.
The Committee invites the State party to issue a standing invitation to the
special procedure mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, including the Special
Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment.
57.
The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages,
through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
58.
The Committee requests the State party to submit its next report, which will be
the seventh periodic report, by 10 August 2022. For that purpose, and in view of the
fact that the State party has agreed to report to the Committee under the simplified
reporting procedure, the Committee will, in due course, transmit to the State party a
list of issues prior to reporting. The State party’s replies to that list of issues will
constitute its seventh periodic report under article 19 of the Convention.
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