body. In connection with prima facie cases of torture and ill-treatment, the suspect should be subject to
suspension or reassignment during the process of investigation, especially if there is a risk that he or
she might impede the investigation;
(b)
Try the perpetrators and impose appropriate sentences on those convicted in order to
eliminate the de facto impunity for law enforcement personnel who are responsible for violations
prohibited by the Convention.
Compensation and rehabilitation
(17) While noting that the Act on Assistance to Victims contains provisions regarding the right to compensation
for victims of crimes and supporting services available for such victims, the Committee regrets the lack of a specific
programme to safeguard the rights of victims of torture and ill-treatment. The Committee also regrets the lack of
available information regarding the number of victims of torture and ill-treatment who may have received
compensation and the amounts awarded in such cases as well as the lack of information about other forms of
assistance, including medical or psychosocial rehabilitation, provided to these victims (art. 14).
The State party should strengthen its efforts in respect of compensation, redress and rehabilitation in
order to provide victims with redress and fair and adequate compensation, including the means for as
full rehabilitation as possible. The State party should develop a specific programme of assistance in
respect of victims of torture and ill-treatment. Furthermore, the State party should provide in its
next periodic report information about any reparation programmes, including treatment of trauma
and other forms of rehabilitation provided to victims of torture and ill-treatment, as well as the
allocation of adequate resources to ensure the effective functioning of such programmes.
Prisoners placed under a special security regime
(18) The Committee is concerned at the situation of the so-called “Grade 4 prisoners” who may be placed in a
maximum security cell or ward with severe restrictions of their rights resulting in extreme isolation and deprivation
of human contact. Furthermore, the Committee notes with concern that, according to information before the
Committee, neither the Admission Committee of a given penitentiary institution nor the special committee
appointed by the national commander issue formal resolutions and that the “Grade 4 prisoners” cannot appeal to any
higher-level authorities or any courts (arts. 2, 13 and 16).
The State party should review and refine the system of classifying prisoners as Grade 4 with a view to
ensuring that this grade is only applied - and retained - in respect of prisoners who genuinely require
to be accorded such a status and review without further delay their current policy with regard to the
application of means of restraint to prisoners placed under this system. Furthermore, the State party
should establish a proper appeal procedure relating to this special security regime as well as adequate
review mechanisms relating to its determination and duration.
The Roma
(19) The Committee is deeply concerned at reports of a disproportionately high number of the Roma in prisons
and ill-treatment of and discrimination against the Roma by law enforcement officials, especially the police
(arts. 11 and 16).
The State party should intensify its efforts to combat discrimination against and ill-treatment of the
Roma by law enforcement officials, especially the police, including through the strict application of
relevant legislation and regulations providing for sanctions, adequate training and instructions to be
given to law enforcement bodies and the sensitization of the judiciary. Furthermore, the State party
should strengthen its support to the grant programme for support of police officers of Roma origin
and to the Roma Police Officers Association.
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