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Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents and ensure it is allocated the
necessary human and financial resources. The Committee further recommends that
the State party increase its efforts to establish systems and mechanisms of
international, regional and bilateral cooperation with countries of origin, transit and
destination in order to prevent, investigate and punish cases of human trafficking.
Training and the implementation of the Istanbul Protocol
24.
The Committee takes note of the information in the report of the State party on
training schemes for the Armed Forces, prosecutors and members of the national police but
regrets that so little information is available on the evaluation of those schemes and their
effectiveness in reducing the incidence of torture and ill-treatment. In particular, the
Committee regrets the lack of information on the training provided on the Manual on
Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol) to personnel involved in the
investigation and identification of torture and ill-treatment (art. 10).
The State party should:
(a)
Continue to provide training programmes so as to ensure that all public
servants, in particular police and other law enforcement officers, are fully aware of
the provisions of the Convention;
(b)
Assess the effectiveness and impact of training schemes and education on
the incidence of torture and ill-treatment;
(c)
Establish a training plan for all personnel involved in the investigation
and identification of torture, including public defenders, doctors and psychologists, so
that the contents of the Istanbul Protocol are known and applied in practice.
Redress, including compensation and rehabilitation
25.
The Committee takes note of the information provided in the report of the State
party on the financial compensation awarded to victims of human rights violations,
including torture, committed during the period 1954–1989. The Committee regrets not
having received information on the implementation of rehabilitation measures, such as
psychological assistance or training, for such victims. The Committee also regrets the total
lack of information on measures to compensate victims of acts of torture committed after
the dictatorship (art. 14).
The State party should ensure that the appropriate steps are taken to provide the
victims of torture and ill-treatment with redress, including fair and adequate
compensation, and the fullest possible rehabilitation.
In its next periodic report, the State party is asked to provide the Committee with
statistics and full details of cases in which victims have obtained full redress, including
investigation and punishment of the perpetrators, compensation and rehabilitation.
Violence against children
26.
The Committee takes note of the measures taken to prohibit corporal punishment of
children living with their mothers in places of detention or in shelters. The Committee also
takes note of the information provided by the State party delegation on the existence of a
bill to prohibit corporal punishment. However, the Committee is concerned that corporal
punishment in the home is still not prohibited (art. 16).
The Committee recommends that the State party explicitly prohibit corporal
punishment of children in all settings, including in the home.
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