CAT/C/CZE/CO/6 Principles. It should also ensure that the Public Defender of Rights has sufficient financial and human resources to carry out its mandate in an effective and independent manner. Training 38. While noting training courses provided to public officials in the areas covered by the Convention, the Committee remains particularly concerned that specific training on the Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Istanbul Protocol) is not provided to medical professionals dealing with persons deprived of liberty. It regrets the absence of information on the impact of the training conducted for all relevant officials, including law enforcement officials, prison staff and border guards (art. 10). 39. The State party should provide mandatory training on the provisions of the Convention and the absolute prohibition of torture for public officials charged with the various functions enumerated in article 10 of the Convention, and introduce training programmes on non-coercive investigation techniques. The State party should also ensure that the Istanbul Protocol is made an essential part of training for all medical professionals and other public officials involved in work with persons deprived of their liberty. The State party should also develop and implement specific methodologies to assess the effectiveness and impact of the training on preventing torture and ill-treatment. Follow-up procedure 40. The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 18 May 2019, information on follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations on strip searches in detention centres, hate crimes against minority groups, including Roma and Muslims, and treatment of persons in psychiatric institutions (see paras. 15, 27 and 33 above). In that context, the State party is invited to inform the Committee about its plans for implementing, within the coming reporting period, some or all of the remaining recommendations in the concluding observations. Other issues 41. The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the Committee and the present concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. 42. The State party is invited to submit its seventh periodic report by 18 May 2022. For that purpose, and considering that the State party has agreed to report to the Committee under the simplified reporting procedure, the Committee will, in due course, transmit to the State party a list of issues prior to reporting. 8