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accordingly. It also urges the State party to take all necessary measures to combat
discrimination and violence against persons of Arab, Asian and African origin,
lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and persons belonging to the Roma
community and to take effective measures to prevent all manifestations of antiSemitism. Moreover, the State party should continue to be vigilant in ensuring that
the relevant existing legal and administrative measures are strictly observed and that
training curricula and administrative directives constantly remind staff that such acts
will not be tolerated and will be sanctioned accordingly. The Committee refers the
State party to its general comment no. 2 (2007) on the implementation of article 2 by
States parties, section V: “Protection for individuals and groups made vulnerable by
discrimination or marginalization”.
Data collection
26.
While welcoming the data provided in a number of areas relevant to the Convention,
the Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive and disaggregated data on complaints,
investigations, prosecutions, convictions and sentences in cases of torture and ill-treatment
perpetrated by law enforcement and prison personnel (arts. 2, 4, 12, 13, 14 and 16).
The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the implementation of the
Convention at the national level, including data on complaints, investigations,
prosecutions, convictions and sentences in cases of torture and ill-treatment and on
means of redress, including compensation and rehabilitation, provided to the victims.
Other issues
27.
The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the other United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet party, namely the International Convention for
the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; the International Convention
on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; the
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
aiming at the abolition of the death penalty; and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on
the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure. It also invites the State party to
consider ratifying the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the
1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness.
28.
The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report it submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, in appropriate languages,
through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
29.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 22 November 2014, followup information in response to the Committee’s recommendations related to (a)
strengthening legal safeguards for persons who are deprived of their liberty, (b) conducting
prompt, impartial and effective investigations into all reports of torture or ill-treatment, and
(c) prosecuting suspects and sanctioning perpetrators of torture or ill-treatment, as
contained in paragraphs 8 and 18 of the present concluding observations. In addition, the
Committee requests follow-up information on remedies and redress provided to victims of
torture and ill-treatment, as contained in paragraph 21, and on protection for asylum
seekers, as contained in paragraph 13 of the present concluding observations.
30.
The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the seventh
periodic report, by 22 November 2017. For that purpose, the Committee will, in due course,
submit to the State party a list of issues prior to reporting, given that the State party has
agreed to report to the Committee under the optional reporting procedure.
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