CAT/C/KOR/CO/2 page 6 17. The Committee is concerned at the prevalence of domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence, including marital rape, and notes the low rate of indictments, resulting in part from settlements and agreements made in the investigation process. The Committee also notes that marital rape is not a criminal offence under the law. The State party should ensure that victims of marital rape and gender-based violence have access to immediate means of redress and protection, that measures aimed at seeking settlement and agreements in investigation processes are not detrimental to women who are victims of abuse, and that perpetrators are prosecuted and punished. The Committee urges the State party to continue to undertake awareness-raising and training activities on the issue for the public at large and particularly for legislators, the judiciary, law-enforcement personnel and health-service providers. The Committee also urges the State party to take all necessary measures to ensure that marital rape constitutes a criminal offence. 18. The Committee regrets the absence of data, disaggregated by age and sex, on complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly committed by law-enforcement officials and on the related investigations, prosecutions and penal and disciplinary sentences, as well as statistical data on the number of women and children trafficked for purposes of prostitution. Information is also requested on any compensation and rehabilitation provided to victims. Information is further requested on the results of the studies recommended in paragraphs 14 and 15 above. 19. The State party should widely disseminate its report, as well as its reply to the list of issues, and the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee, in all appropriate languages through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 20. The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 7, 9, 13, 14 and 15. 21. The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be considered as the third, fourth and fifth report, by 7 February 2012, the due date of the fifth periodic report. 22. The Committee notes that the State party is considering ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention. It also notes that the State party is considering making the declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention, and that the Ministry of Justice has already issued an opinion to that effect. It encourages the State party to expedite its efforts in this regard. -----