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party should improve the terms and conditions of service for police officers to be at
the same level as other security forces, and take effective measures to protect the lives
of security officers.
Data collection
35.
The State party should establish a system to compile national statistics and should
provide statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the implementation of the Convention
at the national level, including data on complaints, investigations, prosecutions and
convictions of cases of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, domestic and sexual
violence as well as on means of redress, including compensation and rehabilitation,
provided to victims.
Cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms
36.
The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its cooperation with
United Nations human rights mechanisms, including by inviting Special procedures
mandate holders on areas related to this report to visit the country.
Other issues
37.
Recalling the commitment made by the State Party during the universal periodic
review in 2010 (A/HRC/15/8, para.101.3), the Committee recommends that the State party
consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
38.
The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations
envisaged under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
39.
The Committee invites the State party to ratify the core United Nations human rights
treaties to which it is not yet a party, namely the International Convention on the Protection
of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, the Convention for
the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Optional Protocols to
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (on the sale of
children, child prostitution and child pornography) and the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities.
40.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 31 May 2014, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations related to (a) ensuring or
strengthening legal safeguards for persons detained, (b) conducting, prompt, impartial and
effective investigations, and (c) prosecuting suspects and sanctioning perpetrators of torture
or ill-treatment, as contained in paragraphs 9, 10, 17 and 18 of the present document.
41.
The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be its third periodic
report, by 31 May 2017. To that purpose, the Committee will, in due course, transmit to the
State party a list of issues prior to reporting, considering that the State party has accepted to
report to the Committee under the optional reporting procedure.
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