CAT/C/SEN/CO/3 The Committee recommends that the State party hasten the adoption of the bill to establish the position of Children’s Ombudsman and that it train more judges for juvenile courts. The Committee recommends that the State party set up a juvenile justice system in line with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (Beijing Rules, General Assembly resolution 40/33) and the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (Riyadh Guidelines, General Assembly resolution 40/112). Situation of journalists and human rights defenders 20. The Committee regrets the lack of information on allegations of intimidation, threats, physical attacks and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and journalists. While taking note of the information supplied on the steps taken to prosecute officers who allegedly used excessive force during the pre-election demonstrations in 2012, the Committee regrets in particular the lack of information on the outcome of investigations concerning members of Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’homme and the journalists Mr. Boubacar Kambel Dieng and Mr. Karamokho Thioune (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16). The State party should provide information on specific measures taken in the abovementioned cases and the penalties handed down. The State party should take all necessary steps to protect human rights defenders and journalists and punish severely the perpetrators of violence, torture or intimidation directed at them. Situation of refugees and asylum seekers 21. The Committee notes that further efforts need to be made to complete the issuance of identity cards to refugees and that the law on the status of refugees has not yet been revised (arts. 3 and 16). The State party should hasten the adoption of the revised law on the status of refugees to consolidate safeguards for protecting refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons and stateless persons, including by setting up a body to rule on applications for refugee status and on a range of issues such as family reunification and the protection of unaccompanied minors. The Committee encourages the State party to continue with its efforts to facilitate the integration of refugees, including by issuing identity cards, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Redress, including rehabilitation 22. The Committee regrets the lack of information on compensation awarded by the courts of the State party to the victims of violations of the Convention, including individuals denied their fundamental rights or tortured or ill-treated in custody. The Committee also regrets the lack of information on any treatment or social rehabilitation services for torture victims (art. 14). The State party should provide information on additional measures to ensure that the victims of torture or ill-treatment obtain full and fair compensation and the fullest possible rehabilitation. It should speed up the adoption and implementation of the bill on compensation for victims held in detention for a long time who have suffered particularly serious harm, as well as of the rehabilitation programmes to be set up. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its recent general comment on article 14 (CAT/C/GC/3) which explains the content and scope of the obligations of States parties to provide full compensation to victims of torture. GE.13-40312 7

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