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The State party should enhance its efforts to combat trafficking in persons by
prosecuting and punishing perpetrators, providing adequate protection and redress to
the victims and preventing the return of trafficked persons to their countries of origin
where there is a substantial ground to believe that they would be in danger of torture
or ill-treatment.
Training
18.
Notwithstanding the detailed information provided on training programmes for State
officials, the Committee regrets the paucity of information on (a) specific training regarding
the provisions of the Convention; (b) evaluation of the effectiveness of those programmes
in reducing incidents of torture and ill-treatment; and (c) training of health personnel on the
Manual on Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol) (arts. 10 and 16).
The State party should intensify its efforts to provide (a) training programmes on the
prohibition of torture and the obligations of the State party under the Convention, for
all officials; and (b) systematic and practical training on the Istanbul Protocol to
medical personnel who are in direct contact with persons deprived of their liberty.
The State party is encouraged to sensitize the media to its obligations under the
Convention, in particular the absolute prevention of torture.
Data collection
19.
While noting that some statistics have been provided, the Committee regrets the lack
of comprehensive and disaggregated data, which has made it difficult for the Committee to
monitor and assess the implementation of the Convention by the State party at the national
level (arts. 2, 12, 13, 14 and 16).
The State party should as a matter or urgency compile statistical data on complaints,
investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and ill-treatment by
law enforcement and prison personnel; on gender-based violence, including domestic
violence and trafficking; on hate crimes; and on the means of redress provided to
victims, including compensation and rehabilitation.
Other issues
20.
The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights
treaties to which it is not yet a party, including the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
21.
The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, in appropriate languages,
through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
22.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 28 November 2015, followup information in response to the Committee’s recommendations related to ensuring or
strengthening legal safeguards for persons deprived of their liberty and ensuring effective
investigation, prosecution and punishment of perpetrators, as contained in paragraphs 7,
8 (a), 14 and 15 (a) of the present document.
23.
The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the eighth periodic
report, by 28 November 2018. To that purpose, the Committee will, in due course, submit
to the State party a list of issues prior to reporting, considering that the State party has
agreed to report to the Committee under the optional reporting procedure.
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