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Police crowd-control methods
(22) The Committee is concerned about reports on the excessive use of force by law
enforcement officers often in the context of crowd control at federal and provincial levels,
with particular reference to indigenous land-related protests at Ipperwash and Tyendinaga
as well as the G8 and G20 protests. The Committee is particularly concerned about reports
of severe crowd control methods and inhumane prison conditions in the temporary
detention centres (arts. 11 and 16).
The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its efforts to ensure that
all allegations of ill-treatment and excessive use of force by the police are promptly
and impartially investigated by an independent body and those responsible for such
violation are prosecuted and punished with appropriate penalties. Furthermore, the
State party and the government of the Province of Ontario should conduct an inquiry
into the Ontario Provincial Police’s handling of incidents at Tyendinaga and into all
aspects of the policing and security operations at the G8 and G20 Summits.
Data collection
(23) The Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive and disaggregated data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and ill treatment
by law enforcement, security, military and prison personnel, and on extrajudicial killings,
enforced disappearances, trafficking and domestic and sexual violence.
The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention obligations at the national level, including data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and illtreatment, detention conditions, abuse by public officials, administrative detention,
trafficking and domestic and sexual violence and on means of redress, including
compensation and rehabilitation, provided to the victims.
(24) The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its cooperation with
United Nations human rights mechanisms and its efforts in implementing their
recommendations. The State party should take further steps in ensuring a well-coordinated,
transparent and publicly accessible approach to overseeing implementation of Canadian
obligations under the United Nations human rights mechanisms, including the Convention.
(25) In the light of the State party’s pledges to the Human Rights Council in 2006 and its
acceptance of recommendations by the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
(A/HRC/11/17, para. 86 (2)), the Committee urges the State party to accelerate the current
domestic discussions and to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as soon as possible.
(26) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights
treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely the International Convention for the Protection
of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
(27) The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, in appropriate languages,
through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(28) The State party is invited to update its common core document
(HRI/CORE/1/Add.91), in accordance with the requirements of the common core document
contained in the harmonized guidelines on reporting under the international human rights
treaties (HRI/GEN.2/Rev.6).
(29) The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 1 June 2013, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations related to: (a) ensuring or
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