Education on the prohibition against torture
(14) While noting the different training programmes for police and prison officers in the three constituent parts of
the Kingdom, which cover human rights and rights of detainees including the prohibition of torture, the Committee
regrets that there is no available information on the impact of the training or its efficacy in reducing incidents of
torture, violence and ill-treatment.
The State party should ensure that through educational programmes, law enforcement personnel and
justice officials are fully aware of the provisions of the Convention. Furthermore, the State party
should develop and implement a methodology to assess the effectiveness and impact of these training
programmes on the incidence of cases of torture, violence and ill-treatment.
Trafficking
(15) While taking positive note of the recent criminalization of trafficking in human beings in Aruba and the State
party’s domestic effort to prosecute traffickers, the Committee remains concerned at the practice and lack of
information about existing mechanisms to effectively prevent trafficking and prosecute traffickers in Aruba.
The State party should reinforce international cooperation mechanisms to fight trafficking in persons,
prosecute perpetrators in accordance with the law, and provide adequate protection and redress to all
victims.
(16) The Committee recommends that, in order to have a clearer view of the situation regarding protection against
torture, the State party systematically include in its future reports, data which are disaggregated by age, sex and
ethnicity, on:
(a)
The number of asylum applications registered and the number of applications processed respectively
under the normal and accelerated procedures;
(b)
The number of applications accepted;
(c)
The number of applicants whose application for asylum was accepted on grounds that they had been
tortured or might be tortured if returned to their country of origin and data on asylum granted on grounds of sexual
violence;
(d)
The number of cases of refoulement or expulsion.
(17) The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report detailed statistical data,
disaggregated by crime, ethnicity, age and sex, on complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly
committed by law enforcement officials and on the related investigations, prosecutions, and penal or disciplinary
sanctions. The report should also include statistics on pretrial detainees and convicted prisoners, disaggregated by
crime, ethnicity, age and sex.
(18) 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 under international human rights treaties,
recently approved by the Fifth Inter-Committee meeting of the human rights treaty bodies (HRI/MC/2006/3
and Corr.1).
(19) The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on its response to the
Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 11 and 12 above.
(20) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted to the Committee and the
conclusions and recommendations of the Committee, in appropriate languages, through official websites, to the
media and non-governmental organizations.
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