CAT/C/BFA/CO/2 (c) Raise public awareness of the National Human Rights Commission’s complaints mechanism through the use of publicity, information and education; and (d) Provide the National Human Rights Commission with mechanisms and procedures to ensure that witnesses and victims of human rights violations, including torture, are effectively protected against any ill-treatment or intimidation as a consequence of their complaints or any evidence they give. National mechanism for the prevention of torture 25. While taking note of the fact that the Government is currently considering a preliminary bill that would establish a national mechanism for the prevention of torture under the National Human Rights Commission, the Committee regrets that, since the State party’s accession in 2010 to the Optional Protocol to the Convention, and the visit of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in 2017, the State party has still not established such a mechanism (arts. 2 and 11). 26. The State party should speed up the establishment of the national preventive mechanism and ensure that it has a prevention mandate that is in line with the Optional Protocol and has the necessary independence, staff, resources and budget to effectively carry out its mandate. Redress 27. The Committee welcomes article 518-6 (3), of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which provides that, notwithstanding any criminal proceedings, the State has the obligation to provide victims with redress, and also the compensation granted by the State party to victims of the popular uprising of 2014 and the failed coup attempt of 2015, but it regrets that there is no specific rehabilitation programme for victims of torture that includes all the forms of redress covered by article 14 of the Convention (art. 14). 28. The State party should: (a) Take the necessary legislative and administrative measures to ensure that victims of acts of torture and ill-treatment have access to effective remedies and can obtain redress, including in cases where the perpetrator has not been identified; (b) Conduct a comprehensive assessment of victims’ needs and ensure that specialized rehabilitation services are promptly available; and (c) Provide detailed information on cases in which victims of torture and illtreatment have had access to effective remedies and obtained redress, and provide the Committee with this information with the submission of the next periodic report. Follow-up procedure 29. The Committee requests the State party to provide it, by 6 December 2020 at the latest, with information on its follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations concerning the Koglweogo, conditions of detention and the national preventive mechanism (see paras. 18 (a), 22 (a) and 26, above). In that context, the State party is invited to inform the Committee about the measures it is planning to take, within the coming reporting period, some or all of the remaining recommendations in the concluding observations. Other issues 30. The Committee invites the State party to consider the possibility of ratifying the main United Nations human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party and welcomes its commitment to provide timely responses to the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment following its mission to Burkina Faso from 3 to 9 December 2017. 31. The State party is requested to disseminate the report submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations widely, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations, and to inform the Committee about its dissemination efforts. GE.19-21958 7