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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.
Protection of indigenous peoples
(27) The Committee takes note of the measures already taken by the State party to
comply with the judgements and decisions handed down within the Inter-American human
rights system on the protection of indigenous peoples in the territory of the State party. The
Committee also takes note of the measures taken in collaboration with the International
Labour Organization to combat the exploitation of indigenous peoples for their labour.
However, the Committee is concerned by reports of the persistence of such exploitation of
members of the indigenous peoples living in Paraguay, which is equivalent to inhuman
treatment in violation of the Convention (art. 16).
The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to
eliminate all forms of exploitation of members of indigenous peoples for their labour.
The State party should also, within a reasonable time frame, fully comply with the
judgements of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that obligate it to adopt
measures to protect indigenous peoples.
(28) The State party is urged to ensure wide circulation of the report submitted to the
Committee and of the Committee’s concluding observations through official websites, the
media and non-governmental organizations.
(29) The Committee requests the State party to provide information, by 25 November
2012, on the follow-up to the Committee’s recommendations on: (a) access to and
strengthening of the legal safeguards for detained persons; (b) the conduct of prompt,
impartial and effective investigations; and (c) the prosecution of those suspected of
committing acts of torture and other forms of ill-treatment and the punishment of those
responsible for such acts, as set forth in paragraphs 11 and 18 of the present document. The
Committee also requests information on follow-up to the recommendations presented in
paragraph 23 of the present document regarding measures to be taken to prevent, combat
and eradicate trafficking in persons.
(30) The State party is invited to submit its seventh periodic report at the latest by 25
November 2015. In that regard, the Committee will, since the State party has agreed to
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