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14.
Corporal punishment
18.
The Committee is concerned that prohibition of corporal punishment is not
explicitly stipulated in the act on the family, and that corporal punishment is widely
accepted in society (art. 16).
The State party should explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in the family. It should
also ensure that legislation prohibiting corporal punishment is strictly enforced and
that awareness-raising and educational campaigns are conducted to that effect.
15.
Trafficking in persons
19.
The Committee is concerned about reports of cross-border trafficking in women for
sexual and other exploitative purposes, and of Roma children trafficked abroad, especially
for forced begging. The Committee is also concerned by internal trafficking of Roma
women and children. The Committee regrets the lack of statistics on these issues, the low
number of prosecutions and the frequent use of suspended sentences for perpetrators. The
Committee is further concerned that reintegration and rehabilitation services are insufficient
for victims of trafficking (art. 16).
The State party should:
(a)
Investigate promptly and impartially all allegations of human
trafficking, especially of women and children, prosecute the alleged perpetrators and
punish those found guilty with appropriate penalties;
(b)
victims;
Intensify its efforts to provide reintegration and rehabilitation services to
(c)
Conduct nationwide awareness-raising campaigns and conduct training
for law enforcement officials, migration officials and border police on the causes,
consequences and incidence of human trafficking.
16.
Psychiatric facilities
20.
The Committee is concerned about the ill-treatment of psychiatric patients, including
the use of net-beds, as well as at the lack of independent monitoring of such places of
deprivation of liberty (arts. 11 and 16).
The State party should improve the living conditions for patients in psychiatric
institutions and ensure that all places where mental-health patients are held for
involuntary treatment are regularly visited by independent monitoring bodies to
guarantee the proper implementation of the safeguards laid down to secure their
rights, and that alternative forms of treatment are developed.
17.
Data collection
21.
The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed
statistical data, disaggregated by crime, sentence, ethnicity, age and sex, on the number of
persons deprived of liberty; on the complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly
committed by law enforcement officials; on the related investigations, prosecutions and
penal or disciplinary sanctions; and on pretrial detainees and convicted prisoners. The
Committee also requests information on the compensation and rehabilitation provided to
victims.
22.
The Committee encourages the State party to ratify the Optional Protocol to the
Convention against Torture.
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