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1998 and for which offences. The State party should also indicate the current number
of persons on death row, disaggregated by sex, age, ethnicity and offence.
Training
18.
The Committee notes with appreciation that the State party organized several
trainings of law enforcement officials on human rights. However, the Committee is
concerned at the lack of specific training of law enforcement officials, security personnel,
judges, prosecutors, forensic doctors and medical personnel dealing with detained persons,
on the provisions of the Convention and on how to detect and document physical and
psychological sequelae on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or
punishment. The Committee also regrets the lack of information on trainings on human
trafficking, domestic violence, migrants, minorities and other vulnerable groups, as well as
on monitoring and evaluation of the impact of any of its training programmes in reducing
incidents of torture and ill-treatment. (art.10)
The State party should further develop and strengthen educational trainings
and programmes to ensure that all officials, including law enforcement, security and
prison officials, are fully aware of the provisions of the Convention, that breaches of
the Convention will not be tolerated and will be promptly and effectively investigated,
and that offenders will be prosecuted. Furthermore, all relevant personnel, including
medical personnel, should receive specific training on how to identify signs of torture
and ill-treatment. To this effect, the Manual on the Effective Investigation and
Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (Istanbul Protocol), should be included in the training material. The State
party should also develop educational trainings for all officials on human trafficking,
domestic violence, migrants, minorities and other vulnerable groups. In addition, the
State party should assess the effectiveness and impact of training/educational
programmes on the absolute prohibition of torture.
Conditions of detention
19.
The Committee welcomes that a Bill has been submitted to amend article 60 of the
Criminal Law Procedure of 1960 in order to reduce the maximum period of police custody
without written order from four days to 48 hours maximum. However, the Committee is
seriously concerned at the general conditions of detention in all types of detention facilities
(arts.11 and 16).
The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed information on
general conditions of detention, including the rate of occupancy in all types of
detention facilities. The State party should take urgent measures to bring the
conditions of detention in all detention facilities into line with the Standard Minimum
Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, improving the food and the health care
provided to detainees and strengthening the judicial supervision and independent
monitoring of conditions of detention.
Conditions in psychiatric hospitals
20.
The Committee takes into account the information provided during the dialogue
about persons with mental disabilities. The Committee regrets, however, that little
information was provided on the conditions and legal safeguards for persons placed in
involuntary treatment in psychiatric facilities. (art. 16)
The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to
ensure that persons in involuntary treatment have access to complaint mechanisms.
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