CAT/C/MCO/CO/4-5 The Committee recommends that the State party should include in its bill on specific forms of violence explicit provisions on compensation for victims of torture or illtreatment, in accordance with article 14 of the Convention, which also stipulates that, in the event of the death of the victim as a result of an act of torture, his or her dependants shall be entitled to compensation. Training 13. The Committee takes note of the information the State party has provided on the various training programmes for judges and police officers. Nevertheless, it regrets that the training provided was not entirely as specified in the Convention (art. 10). The Committee encourages the State party to continue to organize training sessions on human rights and recommends that the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Istanbul Protocol) should be incorporated in training programmes for medical personnel and other professionals. The State party should also assess the effectiveness and impact of these programmes. Measures to combat terrorism 14. Although no cases of terrorism were recorded during the reporting period, the Committee reiterates the concerns expressed by the Human Rights Committee (see CCPR/C/MCO/CO/2) about the broad, ill-defined definition of terrorist acts contained in the Criminal Code, including the lack of clarity in the definition of “environmental” terrorism (arts. 2 and 16). The State party should adopt a more precise definition of terrorist acts while ensuring that all measures taken to combat terrorism comply with all its obligations under international law, including article 2 of the Convention. National human rights institution 15. While noting the work done by the Human Rights Unit and the Mediator, and the bill currently under consideration to strengthen the mandate of the latter, the Committee regrets the State party’s reluctance to establish a national human rights institution (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 16). The Committee encourages the State party to establish an independent national human rights institution in accordance with the Principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles, in the annex to General Assembly resolution 48/134) and to provide that institution with the human and financial resources needed for it to effectively fulfil its role, including the investigation of allegations of torture. 16. The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the core human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party, namely, the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. 17. The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports it has submitted to the Committee and the latter’s concluding observations through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 18. The Committee invites the State party to submit its next periodic report, observing the 40-page limit. It further invites the State party to update, if necessary, its core document 4 GE.11-43641