Training of law-enforcement and medical personnel
(36) While welcoming the information provided by the delegation of the State party concerning its efforts to
provide human rights training to law-enforcement and judicial officers, as well as grassroots officials, on the
prevention of torture when they start their posts, when they are promoted and when they are posted in the field, the
information provided does not clarify whether this training has been effective. The Committee regrets the
insufficient level of practical training with regard to the provisions of the Convention for law enforcement officers.
The Committee also notes with concern the lack of specific training to detect signs of torture and ill-treatment for
medical personnel in detention facilities (art. 10).
The State party should intensify its efforts to reinforce and expand existing training programmes,
including with non-governmental organisations, on the absolute prohibition of torture for law
enforcement officers at all levels.
The State party should also ensure adequate training for medical personnel to detect signs of torture
and ill-treatment and integrate the Istanbul Protocol of 1999 (Manual on the Effective Investigation
and Documentation of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment)
in such training.
In addition, the State party should develop and implement a methodology to assess the effectiveness
and impact of its training programmes on instances of torture and ill-treatment.
Measures against terrorism
(37) The Committee appreciates the information on the importance given by the State party to anti-terrorist work
and the information on their attempts to strengthen anti-terrorism legislation and other relevant measures, including
international cooperation against terrorism. Notwithstanding this information, the Committee notes with concern
that all rights in the Convention are not always respected in all circumstances.
The Committee urges the State party to ensure that any measure to combat terrorism is in accordance
with Security Council resolutions 1373 (2001) and 1566 (2004), which require that anti-terrorist
measures be carried out with full respect for, inter alia, international human rights law, including the
Convention and the absolute principle of non-refoulement.
(38) The Committee encourages the State party to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the
Special Rapporteur on the question of torture on his visit in November-December 2005 (A/CN.4/2006/6/Add.6) and
to invite him back. The Committee also encourages the State party to invite other Special Rapporteurs.
(39) The Committee also encourages the State party to consider making the declaration under articles 21 and 22 of
the Convention.
(40) The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party consider withdrawing its reservations and
declarations to the Convention (A/55/44, para. 124).
(41) The State party should consider ratifying the major United Nations human rights treaties to which it is not yet
a party, namely the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and its two protocols, the Optional Protocol
to the Convention against Torture, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant
Workers and Members of Their Families, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms
of Discrimination against Women, and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced
Disappearance. The State party should also consider ratifying the Statute of the International Criminal Court.
(42) The State party should widely disseminate its report, its replies to the list of issues, the summary records of
the meetings and the concluding observations of the Committee, in appropriate languages, through official websites,
the media and non-governmental organizations.
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