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Cooperation with United Nations mechanisms
24.
The Committee welcomes the decision of the State party to extend a standing
invitation to United Nations special procedures mandate holders. However, the Committee
notes with regret the delays affecting the submission of initial and periodic reports to the
treaty bodies, the excessive amount of time taken by the State party to respond to special
procedures requests regarding visits and information on individual cases, and its failure to
follow up the recommendations made by the treaty bodies, particularly with regard to
individual complaints (arts. 2, 12, 14 and 16).
The State party should, among other things, take effective action to submit its periodic
reports in a timely manner by setting up a permanent national mechanism tasked
with the coordination, submission and follow-up of such reports; act upon the
recommendations of the mechanisms of the United Nations; respond in a timely
manner to requests by special procedures mandate holders to visit the country; and
provide information requested by special procedures and treaty bodies regarding
communications and act upon their recommendations.
Data collection
25.
The Committee notes with regret the absence of comprehensive, disaggregated data
on complaints, investigations, prosecutions, convictions and penalties imposed in respect of
acts of torture and ill-treatment attributed to State agents or on means of redress provided to
victims or their families.
In order to evaluate the implementation of the Convention at the national level and
assess the extent of the practice of torture and the impact of the measures taken in
that regard, the State party should, on a regular basis, collect and publish reliable and
up-to-date data, disaggregated by sex, ethnicity, age, location and type of place of
deprivation of liberty, on the complaints relating to cases of torture and ill-treatment
received during the reporting period, the corresponding investigations, prosecutions,
convictions and penal or disciplinary sanctions imposed and any redress and
compensation awarded to victims.
Other issues
26.
The State party is encouraged to ratify, as soon as possible, the International
Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the two
Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Optional
Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention on the Non-Applicability of
Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, the Agreement on the
Privileges and Immunities of the International Criminal Court and the Kampala
amendments to the Rome Statute.
27.
The State party is requested to ensure the wide dissemination of the report that it has
submitted to the Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, in appropriate
languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
28.
The Committee thanks the State party for its willingness to continue the dialogue
beyond the interactive dialogue and requests it to provide information by 28 November
2015 on the follow-up given to the recommendations contained in paragraphs 11 (a), (b)
and (d) and 22 (b).
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