CAT/C/TGO/CO/2 of the Agency’s premises are no longer possible. While noting that the National Human Rights Commission was to be designated as the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, the Committee is concerned that the mechanism is not yet operational. It is also concerned that the President of the Commission, Mr. Kounté, had to leave the country after publication of the report, following threats made against him in an attempt to make him alter some of the outcomes of the Commission’s investigation (art. 2). The State party should: (a) Provide the National Human Rights Commission with sufficient financial, human and material resources to fully carry out its functions in an independent, impartial and effective manner; (b) Undertake a revision of the organic law on the remit, composition and functioning of the National Human Rights Commission to enable it to serve as the national preventive mechanism in accordance with the requirements of the Optional Protocol to the Convention, including by conducting investigations and preventing acts of torture, as well as by undertaking unannounced visits to all places of detention, including the National Intelligence Agency, and to unofficial facilities and those described as “difficult to access”, as well as to psychiatric institutions and all places where people are deprived of their liberty; (c) Take all necessary measures to ensure the physical and psychological integrity of the members of the national mechanism; (d) Investigate the reasons that led Mr. Kounté to leave the country and take all the protection measures and provide all the guarantees that would allow the safe return to the country of Mr. Kounté and his family should he decide to come back. Violence against women 15. The Committee is concerned by the absence of specific legislation to punish all forms of violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence. It is also concerned by the incidence of violence against women, including marital rape, as well as female genital mutilation and sexual abuse of women in prison. The Committee is concerned by the insufficient progress made in reducing trafficking in persons, especially women and girls, in particular for the purpose of sexual exploitation (arts. 2 and 16). The State party should: (a) Draft and adopt, as a matter of priority, comprehensive legislation on violence against women, making acts of sexual violence, including marital rape, and domestic violence offences in their own right in the new Criminal Code; (b) Strengthen efforts to prevent violence against women, including domestic violence, female genital mutilation, violence in prison and trafficking in women and girls, particularly for the purpose of sexual exploitation, and encourage victims to press charges; (c) Duly investigate, prosecute and, where applicable, punish perpetrators; (d) Train judges, prosecutors and police officers on the strict application of the law prohibiting female genital mutilation and provide statistics on the number of complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions linked to violence against women and female genital mutilation; (e) Conduct nationwide public awareness campaigns to publicize the prohibition of female genital mutilation. GE.12-48668 7