Compensation and rehabilitation for victims (19) The Committee reiterates the concern at the lack of State programmes for the rehabilitation of victims which it expressed when considering the initial report of the State party (A/56/44, paras. 130-136) (art. 14). The State party should ensure that victims of torture, other ill-treatment, trafficking and domestic and sexual violence are enabled to benefit from the fullest possible rehabilitation. The Committee urges the State party to include in its next periodic report statistics on measures of compensation ordered by the courts and actually made available to female torture victims. Data collection (20) The Committee notes the lack of data on persons deprived of their liberty broken down by age, sex and civil status. It also notes that the Department of Legal Discipline in the Ministry of Public Security has no data broken down by sex, age, ethnic group or minority group. The next report should contain data on persons deprived of their liberty broken down by age, sex and civil status. The State party should also devise an appropriate system for the collection of data on cases of abuse, broken down by sex, age, ethnic group or minority group. Manufacture of torture equipment (21) The Committee notes with concern that there is no legal provision banning the manufacture and marketing of equipment specifically designed for purposes of torture. The State party should consider the possibility of devising rules and regulations to ban the manufacture and marketing of equipment specifically designed for purposes of torture. Trafficking in persons (22) The Committee takes note of the efforts made by the State party to combat trafficking in persons, including the executive decree in 2005 establishing the national coalition to combat illegal smuggling of immigrants and trafficking in persons and the Institutional Protocol for Care for Victims of Trafficking drafted by the National Children’s Trust (PANI). However, the Committee expresses concern at the fact that trafficking in persons is not an offence in domestic legislation (art. 16). The State party should criminalize trafficking in persons in accordance with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Corporal punishment (23) The Committee notes with satisfaction that corporal punishment is banned in education and in juvenile prisons. However, in the family, article 143 of the Family Code states that parents have the right to correct children in a moderate manner, which has been interpreted as allowing the use of corporal punishment (art. 16). The Committee takes note of the bill to abolish physical punishment of children and young people submitted to the Legislative Assembly by the Ombudsman, and the setting up of a group to discuss the issue. It encourages the State party to expedite the complete prohibition of corporal punishment of children. Domestic violence and violence against women and children (24) The Committee takes note of the efforts made by the State party to eradicate domestic violence. The Committee welcomes the information provided by the representative of the State party indicating that there is no 57

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