(29) The State party, with the support of academic institutions, should establish effective mechanisms to collect data and develop criminal and criminology statistics and all statistics relevant to monitoring the national implementation of the Convention. The State party should thus provide in its next periodic report the following data, which will facilitate the Committee’s assessment of the implementation of obligations under the Convention: (a) Statistics on the reception capacity and population of each prison in Benin, including data disaggregated by gender and age group (adults/children), and the number of pretrial detainees; (b) Statistics on violence in detention centres and police and gendarmerie stations; (c) Statistics on complaints of alleged torture and action taken; (d) Statistics on corruption among law enforcement officials and penalties imposed; (e) Statistics on cases of extradition, expulsion or refoulement, including information on the handing over of detainees under subregional agreements; (f) Statistics on violence against women and children and outcomes of proceedings instituted. (30) The Committee welcomes the assurances provided by the delegation that information would be submitted regarding the questions that remained unanswered, including information on the situation of the 13-year-old girl raped by three male nurses in April 2005, on the proceedings initiated and penalties imposed. (31) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted by Benin to the Committee and the latter’s conclusions and recommendations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. (32) The Committee invites the State party to update its core document in accordance with the harmonized guidelines on reporting, approved recently by the international human rights treaty monitoring bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.4). (33) The Committee takes note of the undertaking given by the State party’s delegation to implement the Committee’s recommendations and requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on action taken in response to the Committee’s recommendations on the necessary review of the draft Criminal Code and the draft Code of Criminal procedure and on the recommendations contained in paragraphs 11 and 18 above. (34) Having concluded that during the consideration of the State party’s report sufficient information was presented to make up for the delay in submitting its second report, the Committee requests the State party to submit its next periodic report, which will be considered as its third periodic report, by 30 December 2011. 33. Estonia (1) The Committee against Torture considered the fourth report of Estonia (CAT/C/80/Add.1) at its 793rd and 796th meetings (CAT/C/SR.793 and 796), held on 13 and 14 November 2007, and adopted at its 804th meeting on 20 November 2007 (CAT/C/SR.804) the following conclusions and recommendations. A. Introduction (2) The Committee welcomes the fourth periodic report of Estonia, which generally follows the Committee’s guidelines for reporting and expresses its appreciation for the written responses (CAT/C/EST/Q/4/Add.1) provided to its list of issues (CAT/C/EST/Q/4). (3) The Committee also appreciates the large and high-level delegation of the State party and the positive and frank dialogue conducted with it, as well as the additional oral information provided by the representatives of the State party to questions raised and concerns expressed during the consideration of the report. 12

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