A/68/44 guards, criminal investigation police and prison guards and law enforcement personnel such as judges, prosecutors, magistrates, prefects, subprefects and lawyers are fully informed of the provisions of the Convention, particularly the absolute prohibition of torture; (b) Provide regular and systematic training on the Istanbul Protocol to medical personnel, forensic doctors, judges, prosecutors and all persons involved in the custody, interrogation and treatment of any individual subjected to arrest, detention or imprisonment, as well as to anyone else involved in investigations into cases of torture; (c) Draft and implement a methodology for the effective evaluation of education and training programmes on the Convention against Torture and the Istanbul Protocol and their impact on reducing the number of cases of torture and illtreatment. Redress and rehabilitation of victims of torture (18) The Committee is concerned that the current criminal legislation does not contain any provisions guaranteeing redress for damage caused to victims of torture. Similarly, there is no procedure in place to request redress for damages resulting from acts of torture. The Committee is also concerned that the only request for redress to date was made by the alleged organizers of the attempted coup, for whom redress was recommended in the report of the National Human Rights Commission published on 27 February 2012. The Commission also called for fair compensation for victims of torture. That recommendation has not yet been fully implemented, as victims and their lawyers were not consulted by the authorities about the compensation recommended by the National Human Rights Commission (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 14). The State party should: (a) Take legislative and administrative measures to ensure that victims of torture and ill-treatment benefit from all forms of redress, including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition, and introduce them in criminal legislation; (b) Provide fair and adequate compensation and redress for as full a rehabilitation as possible to all the victims of torture linked to the events of 2009 described in the National Human Rights Commission’s report; (c) Provide fair and adequate redress and rehabilitation to all victims of torture and to victims of violence against women and girls, victims of trafficking in persons, and victims of prison violence. The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its recently adopted general comment No. 3 on the implementation of article 14 (CAT/C/GC/3), which explains and clarifies the content and scope of the obligations of States parties with a view to providing full redress to victims of torture. Corporal punishment (19) The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment of children is prohibited in schools but not in social or family situations, where it is reported to be “common and socially acceptable provided that it remains proportionate” (art. 16). The State party should amend its criminal legislation, particularly Act No. 2007-017 of 6 July 2007 on the Children’s Code, so as to prohibit and criminalize all forms of corporal punishment of children in all environments and contexts, in accordance with international standards. 92 GE.13-46043

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