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40.
The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party should consider
withdrawing its reservations, declarations and understandings lodged at the time of ratification of
the Convention.
41.
The Committee encourages the State party to consider making the declaration under
article 22, thereby recognizing the competence of the Committee to receive and consider
individual communications, as well as ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention.
42.
The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed statistical data, disaggregated
by sex, ethnicity and conduct, on complaints related to torture and ill-treatment allegedly
committed by law-enforcement officials, investigations, prosecutions, penalties and disciplinary
action relating to such complaints. It requests the State party to provide similar statistical data
and information on the enforcement of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act by the
Department of Justice, in particular in respect to the prevention, investigation and prosecution of
acts of torture, or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in detention facilities and
the measures taken to implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act and their impact. The
Committee requests the State party to provide information on any compensation and
rehabilitation provided to victims. The Committee encourages the State party to create a federal
database to facilitate the collection of such statistics and information which assist in the
assessment of the implementation of the provisions of the Convention and the practical
enjoyment of the rights it provides. The Committee also requests the State party to provide
information on investigations into the alleged ill-treatment perpetrated by law-enforcement
personnel in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
43.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, within one year, information on its
response to its recommendations in paragraphs 16, 20, 21, 22, 24, 33, 34 and 42 above.
44.
The Committee requests the State party to disseminate its report, with its addenda and the
written answers to the Committee’s list of issues and oral questions and the conclusions and
recommendations of the Committee widely, in all appropriate languages, through official
websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
45.
The State party is invited to submit its next periodic report, which will be considered as
its fifth periodic report, by 19 November 2011, the due date of the fifth periodic report.
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