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The State party should further develop and strengthen educational trainings and
programmes to ensure that all officials, including law enforcement, security and
prison officials, are fully aware of the provisions of the Convention, that breaches of
the Convention will not be tolerated and will be promptly and effectively investigated,
and that offenders will be prosecuted. Furthermore, all relevant personnel, including
medical personnel, should receive specific training on how to identify signs of torture
and ill-treatment. To this effect, the Manual on the Effective Investigation and
Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (Istanbul Protocol), should be included in the training material. The State
party should also develop educational trainings for all officials on human trafficking,
domestic violence, migrants, minorities and other vulnerable groups. In addition, the
State party should assess the effectiveness and impact of training/educational
programmes on the absolute prohibition of torture.
Conditions of detention
(19) The Committee welcomes that a bill has been submitted to amend article 60 of the
Criminal Law Procedure of 1960 in order to reduce the maximum period of police custody
without written order from four days to 48 hours maximum. However, the Committee is
seriously concerned at the general conditions of detention in all types of detention facilities
(arts. 11 and 16).
The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed information on general
conditions of detention, including the rate of occupancy in all types of detention
facilities. The State party should take urgent measures to bring the conditions of
detention in all detention facilities into line with the Standard Minimum Rules for the
Treatment of Prisoners, improving the food and the health care provided to detainees
and strengthening the judicial supervision and independent monitoring of conditions
of detention.
Conditions in psychiatric hospitals
(20) The Committee takes into account the information provided during the dialogue
about persons with mental disabilities. The Committee regrets, however, that little
information was provided on the conditions and legal safeguards for persons placed in
involuntary treatment in psychiatric facilities (art. 16).
The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to
ensure that persons in involuntary treatment have access to complaint mechanisms.
The Committee requests the State party to provide information on conditions for
persons in psychiatric hospitals.
Redress, including compensation and rehabilitation
(21) While noting that the legislation of the State party contains general provisions that
arguably provide possibilities for victims of torture to obtain compensation by the State,
including restitution of his or her rights, adequate and equitable financial remedies, medical
care and rehabilitation, the Committee is concerned at the lack of a specific programme to
implement the rights of victims of torture and ill-treatment to receive adequate reparation
and compensation. The Committee is also concerned at 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 on
other forms of assistance, including medical or psychosocial rehabilitation, provided to
these victims (arts. 12 and 14).
The State party should ensure that the victims of torture and ill-treatment obtain the
enforceable right to redress, including fair and adequate compensation and as full
rehabilitation as possible. Furthermore, the State party should provide information on
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