(e)
Take urgent and effective steps to establish a fully independent complaints
mechanism, ensure prompt, impartial and full investigations into the many allegations of
torture reported to the authorities and the prosecutions, and punish, as appropriate, the
alleged perpetrators;
(f)
Ensure that officials in the army promptly investigate reports of brutality
against conscripts that may amount to ill-treatment or torture, and investigate other
reports of abuse fairly and impartially, and hold those responsible to account;
(g)
Ensure that the competent authorities strictly observe article 3 of the
Convention and do not expel, return or extradite a person to a State where he/she might be
subjected to torture. The Committee urges the State party to intensify efforts to ensure
that holding facilities for foreigners meet international standards and requests
disaggregated data in that respect;
(h)
Continue efforts to provide an effective legal aid system by, inter alia, public
financing of defence counsel offices, providing adequate remuneration, and involving the
Bar Association in coordinating appointments;
(i)
Provide information about the possibilities for redress and the rehabilitation
available for victims of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment;
(j)
Continue to take measures to improve conditions of detention for both
remand and convicted persons;
(k)
Consider making the declarations under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention
and consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention;
(l)
Consider consulting with non-governmental and civil society organizations
when preparing all parts of the next periodic report.
111. The Committee requests the State party to provide in its next periodic report
detailed statistical data, disaggregated by crime, geographical location, ethnicity and
gender, on complaints relating to torture and ill-treatment allegedly committed by law
enforcement officials and on the types and results of cases of police and other law
enforcement personnel accused of torture-related offences, including those rejected by the
court, and on the compensation and rehabilitation provided to the victims, if any.
112. The Committee requests that the State party provide, within one year, information
on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraph 110 (d), (e)
and (f) above.
113. The Committee requests the State party to widely disseminate the Committee’s
conclusions and recommendations and the summary records of the review of the State
party’s initial report in the country, including to law enforcement officials and by means of
publication in the media, and through distribution and popularization efforts by
non-governmental organizations.
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