(25) The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed statistical data,
disaggregated by crime, ethnicity, age and sex, on complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly
committed by law enforcement officials; on the related investigations, prosecutions, and penal or disciplinary
sanctions; and on pretrial detainees and convicted prisoners. Information is further requested on compensation and
rehabilitation provided to the victims.
(26) The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance with the requirements of the
common core document in the harmonized guidelines on reporting, as approved by the international human rights
treaty bodies and contained in document HRI/GEN/2/Rev.4.
(27) The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on response to the
Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 6, 8, 13 and 20 above.
(28) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted to the Committee and the
concluding observations and summary records of the Committee through official websites, to the media and
non-governmental organizations.
(29) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be considered as the third periodic
report, by 30 June 2012 at the latest.
45.
Zambia
(1)
The Committee against Torture (“the Committee”) considered the second periodic report of Zambia
(CAT/C/ZMB/2) at its 824th and 827th meetings, held on 8 and 9 May 2008 (CAT/C/SR.824 and 827), and adopted,
at its 831st meeting and 832nd meeting on 14 and 15 May 2008 (CAT/C/SR.831 and 832), the following
Concluding observations.
A. Introduction
(2)
The Committee welcomes the report of Zambia, and the open and frank dialogue held with the high-level
delegation, as well as the replies to the questions raised during the dialogue. The Committee also welcomes the
efforts made by the State party to acknowledge the challenges and difficulties faced in the implementation of the
Convention. The Committee regrets, however, that the State party was unable to implement all the recommendations
made by the Committee during the consideration of the initial report of Zambia, in 2001 (A/57/44, paras. 59 to 67).
Positive aspects
(3)
The Committee welcomes the following positive developments:
(a)
The ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 13 November 2002;
(b)
The ratification of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime on
24 April 2005,
(c)
The establishment of the National Constitutional Conference (Act No. 19 of 2007) mandated to
undertake a constitutional reform process;
(d)
The abolition of corporal punishment through the enactment of the Criminal Procedure Code
(Amendment) Act No. 9 of 2003, the Penal Code (Amendment) Act No. 10 of 2003, the Education Act
(Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2003, and the Prisons (Amendment) Act No. 16 of 2004;
(e)
The Prisons (Amendment) Act No. 16 of 2004 which provides for the establishment of a Health Care
Service within prisons; the release of prisoners on parole by the Commissioner of Prisons on the recommendation of
the Parole Board, and the discharge from prison of any terminally ill prisoner upon approval of the Minister;
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