A/65/44
The Committee recalls in the light of its general comment No. 2 on the implementation
of article 2 (CAT/C/GC/2, 2008) that the special protection of minorities or
marginalized individuals or groups especially at risk is part of the State party’s
obligation to prevent torture or ill-treatment. In this respect, the State party should:
(a)
Incorporate in its Criminal Code an offence to punish hate crimes as acts
of intolerance and incitation to hatred and violence based on sexual orientation.
Moreover, the State party should continue to be vigilant in ensuring that relevant
existing legal and administrative measures are strictly observed and that training
curricula and administrative directives constantly communicate to staff the message
that incitation to hatred and violence will not be tolerated and will be sanctioned
accordingly;
(b)
Provide detailed information and statistics on the number and type of
hate crimes, as well as on the administrative and judicial measures taken to
investigate and prosecute such crimes and the sentences imposed.
Data collection
(28) 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
the victims.
(29) The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations
under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
(30) The Committee recommends that the State party also consider becoming a party to
the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and
Members of Their Families, the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and
the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The State party is also encouraged to
ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court.
(31) The Committee invites the State party to submit its core document in accordance
with the requirements of the common core document in the harmonized guidelines on
reporting, as approved by the international human rights treaty bodies (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5).
(32) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports it has submitted to
the Committee, its replies to the list of issues, the summary records of meetings and the
conclusions and recommendations of the Committee, in appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(33) The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information in
response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 13, 15, 16, 20 and
24 above.
(34) The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be the third,
by 20 November 2013 at the latest.
54.
Slovakia
(1)
The Committee against Torture considered the second periodic report of Slovakia
(CAT/C/SVK/2) at its 899th and 901st meetings (CAT/C/SR.899 and 901) held on 3 and 4
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