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The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention at the national and local levels, disaggregated by
gender, ethnicity, age, geographical region and type and location of place of
deprivation of liberty, including data on complaints, investigations and prosecutions
of cases of torture and ill-treatment perpetrated by law enforcement officials and
military and prison personnel, as well as of cases of deaths in custody, violence against
women and trafficking in human beings. It should also collect information about any
compensation or damages awarded to the victims.
27.
The Committee regrets that the State party has not provided any information on
specific national court rulings in which the Convention and its provisions have been
invoked.
28.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations
under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
29.
The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the core United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, particularly the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights; the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women; the International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; and the Optional Protocol
to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
30.
The State party is encouraged to disseminate the reports submitted to the Committee
and these concluding observations widely through the official media and non-governmental
organizations.
31.
The State party is invited to upgrade its core document (HRI/CORE/1/Add.84), in
accordance with the requirements of the common core document contained in the
harmonized guidelines on reporting under international human rights treaties
(HRI/GEN/2/Rev.6).
32.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 1 June 2013, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations related to: (a) ensuring or
strengthening fundamental legal safeguards for detainees; (b) conducting prompt, impartial
and effective investigations; and (c) prosecuting suspects and sanctioning perpetrators of
torture or ill-treatment, as contained in paragraph 10 (c), paragraph 16 (b), paragraph 19
and paragraph 21 of this document. In addition, the Committee requests follow-up
information on remedies and redress provided to the victims addressed in these paragraphs.
33.
The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the third periodic
report, by 1 June 2016. To this end, the Committee invites the State party to agree, by 1
June 2013, to report under its optional reporting procedure, in which the Committee
transmits a list of issues to the State party prior to submission of the periodic report. The
State party’s response to this list of issues will constitute the next periodic report to be
submitted under article 19 of the Convention.
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