CAT/OP/ITA/1 (e) ensure that the management at the CIE is informed in a timely manner of the expulsion date; (f) ensure that expulsion procedures are interrupted where they would endanger the safety and dignity of the migrant; (g) ensure that all actors involved in expulsion operations in Italy do not resort to unlawful or disproportionate use of force. Any forms of physical restraint used must be demonstrated to be strictly necessary and proportionate to the resistance of each individual and respect their dignity; (h) ensure that officers carrying out an expulsion comprise an adequate number of persons of the same sex as the migrants; (i) ensure that no migrant is removed unless they are medically fit to travel; (j) ensure that the use of tranquillizers, sedatives or other medication to facilitate deportation is prohibited. IV. Repercussions of the visit and final remarks 115. In accordance with OPCAT, Article 15, the Subcommittee calls upon Italy to ensure that there are no reprisals following the Subcommittee’s visit. To this end, the Subcommittee requests the State Party to provide detailed information in its reply on what it has done to prevent potential reprisals against anyone who provided information to the Subcommittee. 116. The Subcommittee recommends that, given the preventive effect of such a measure, the State make this report public, as already mentioned in paragraph 5. In addition, the Subcommittee recommends that the State distribute this report among the relevant institutions in all branches of government. 117. The SPT recalls that this report represents only the first stage of a constructive dialogue with the Italian authorities on the above-mentioned issues. The SPT requests that the State party replies in writing, within six months of the date of the transmission of this report, giving a full account of the actions taken and proposed to be taken, to implement its recommendations. 20

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