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(e)
Conduct national awareness-raising campaigns and provide training for
law enforcement officers;
(f)
Actively engage in a policy of mutual legal assistance with other
countries of origin, destination or transit in the cross-border trafficking of persons.
Excessive use of force
(19) The Committee is very concerned by credible reports that the national police, the
national gendarmerie, the crime squad, the police special rapid intervention force, the police
rapid intervention squad, the banditry control squad, the mobile intervention and security
force, the Red Berets special presidential guard and the special electoral process security
force, under the effective control of the State, make widespread, excessive and
disproportionate use of force, particularly of firearms and knives, and carry out many acts
of torture, including at peaceful political, social and student demonstrations (arts. 2, 10, 12,
13 and 16).
The State party should:
(a)
Ensure that law enforcement officers receive training that emphasizes
the absolute prohibition of torture, the Basic Principles on the Use of Force and
Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials, adopted in Havana in 1990, and the fact that
they may be held liable for excessive use of force and acts of torture;
(b)
Expedite the investigation and prosecution of such cases and sanction
officials found guilty of such offences with appropriate penalties.
Redress
(20) The Committee is concerned that current criminal legislation does not contain any
provisions guaranteeing redress for damage caused to victims of torture. Similarly, there is
no legislation in place allowing redress to be sought for damage resulting from acts of
torture (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 14).
The State party should:
(a)
Ensure that the Reform Commission adopts legislative measures to
guarantee that victims of torture and ill-treatment benefit from all forms of redress,
including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of nonrepetition, in accordance with general comment No. 3 (2012) on the implementation of
article 14 by States parties;
(b)
Provide fair and adequate redress and rehabilitation to all victims of
torture, violence against girls and women, trafficking in persons and prison violence;
(c)
Provide fair and adequate redress to ensure the fullest possible
rehabilitation for all the victims of torture and sexual violence that occurred during
the events of September 2009 at Conakry Stadium;
(d)
Provide information on the redress provided to the victims mentioned in
paragraph 9.
The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 3,
which clarifies the content and scope of States parties’ obligations with respect to the
provision of full redress to victims of torture.
Independence of the judiciary
(21) The Committee is concerned at allegations regarding the exertion of pressure on and
manipulation of members of the judiciary and is concerned by the lack of effective
independence of the judiciary, as indicated by the delegation during the dialogue. The
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