(29) The Committee would like information on questions raised during the dialogue with the State party that the delegation was unable to answer, including on the current situation of a woman who has allegedly been detained since 1998, but who, according to the delegation, has been released.3 (30) The State party should provide the Committee with information on the system of military justice, its jurisdiction and whether it is empowered to try civilians. (31) The State party should provide in its next periodic report detailed statistical data, disaggregated by offence, ethnic origin and gender on complaints of cases of torture and ill-treatment as well as related investigations, prosecutions, and disciplinary and penal sanctions, and on the compensation and rehabilitation provided to the victims. (32) The Committee encourages the State party to consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (33) The State party is encouraged to disseminate widely the reports submitted by Togo and the conclusions and recommendations, in appropriate languages, through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations. (34) The Committee requests that the State party provide, within one year, information on its response to the Committee’s recommendations contained in paragraphs 21, 25, 29 and 30 above. (35) The State party is invited to submit its second periodic report, by 17 December 2008, the due date of its sixth periodic report. 37. United States of America (1) The Committee against Torture considered the second report of the United States of America (CAT/C/48/Add.3/Rev.1) at its 702nd and 705th meetings (CAT/C/SR.702 and 705), held on 5 and 8 May 2006, and adopted, at its 720th and 721st meetings, on 17 and 18 May 2006 (CAT/C/SR.720 and 721), the following conclusions and recommendations. A. Introduction (2) The second periodic report of the United States of America was due on 19 November 2001, as requested by the Committee at its twenty-fourth session in May 2000 (A/55/44, para. 180 (f)) and was received on 6 May 2005. The Committee notes that the report includes a point-by-point reply to the Committee’s previous recommendations. (3) The Committee commends the State party for its exhaustive written responses to the Committee’s list of issues, as well as the detailed responses provided both in writing and orally to the questions posed by the members during the examination of the report. The Committee expresses its appreciation for the large and high-level delegation, comprising representatives from relevant departments of the State party, which facilitated a constructive oral exchange during the consideration of the report. (4) The Committee notes that the State party has a federal structure, but recalls that the United States of America is a single State under international law and has the obligation to implement the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“the Convention”) in full at the domestic level. 3 The fact-finding mission to investigate allegations of violence and human rights violations in Togo, before, during and after the presidential elections of 24 April 2005 established by the High Commissioner for Human Rights questioned this woman in Lomé prison, in June 2005, and quotes her in its report of 29 August 2005 (para. 4.1.4.1). 67

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