CCPR/C/126/D/2560/2015 the violations committed and make the results of such measures public; (e) to ensure that necessary and adequate psychological rehabilitation and medical treatment are made available to the authors; and (f) to provide adequate compensation, including appropriate measures of satisfaction, beyond the partial compensation already offered, to the authors for the violations suffered. The State party is also under an obligation to take steps to prevent the occurrence of similar violations in the future. In particular, the State party should ensure that its legislation criminalizes torture and enforced disappearance and provides for appropriate sanctions and remedies commensurate with the gravity of the crimes. Moreover, it should guarantee that such cases give rise to a prompt, impartial and effective investigation and it should allow for the criminal prosecution of those responsible for such crimes. 10. Bearing in mind that, by becoming a party to the Optional Protocol, the State party has recognized the competence of the Committee to determine whether there has been a violation of the Covenant and that, pursuant to article 2 of the Covenant, the State party has undertaken to ensure to all individuals within its territory and subject to its jurisdiction the rights recognized in the Covenant and to provide an effective and enforceable remedy when it has been determined that a violation has occurred, the Committee wishes to receive from the State party, within 180 days, information about the measures taken to give effect to the Committee’s Views. The State party is also requested to publish the present Views and to have them widely disseminated in the official language of the State party. 13

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