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prompt manner, may constitute a de facto denial of redress and thus constitute a
violation of the State’s obligations under article 14. Additionally, the Committee
recalls that judicial remedies must always be available to victims, as should all
evidence concerning acts of torture or ill-treatment upon the request of victims, their
legal counsel, or a judge (general comment No. 3, para. 30).
Redress, including compensation and rehabilitation
(22) The Committee takes note of the information mentioned in the State report
(CAT/C/CYP/4, para. 123) that only two cases concerning torture and ill-treatment were
upheld by the Supreme Court, and regrets the lack of information on redress and
compensation measures awarded by the courts of the State party to the two victims of those
cases (art. 14).
The Committee draws the attention of the State party to general comment No. 3
(2012), in which the Committee explains the content and scope of the obligation of
States parties to provide full redress to victims of torture. The State party should:
(a)
Review the existing procedures for seeking reparation in order to ensure
that they are accessible to all victims of torture and ill-treatment;
(b)
Ensure full compliance with article 14 of the Convention, as interpreted
in general comment No. 3 (2012), and provide the Committee with information on
redress and compensation ordered by courts and ongoing rehabilitation, including
resources allocated for that purpose.
Data collection
(23) The Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive and disaggregated data on
complaints of, investigations into, and prosecutions and convictions for torture and illtreatment by law-enforcement, security, military and prison personnel, at the criminal and
disciplinary levels, as well as on deaths in custody, crimes involving trafficking, and
domestic and sexual violence.
The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention at the national level, including data, at the criminal
and disciplinary levels, on complaints of, investigations into and prosecutions and
convictions for torture and ill-treatment, deaths in custody, trafficking and domestic
and sexual violence, as well as on the means of redress, including compensation and
rehabilitation, provided to the victims.
Other issues
(24) The Committee invites the State party to ratify the International Convention for the
Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the International Convention
on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
(25) The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the Committee’s concluding observations, in all appropriate languages,
through official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
(26) The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 23 May 2015, follow-up
information in response to the Committee’s recommendations relating to strengthening
legal safeguards for persons detained, as contained in paragraph 7 (d) of the present
concluding observations. In addition, the Committee requests information on follow-up to
the recommendations contained in paragraphs 11 (a) 17 (c) and 19 of the present document.
(27) The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the fifth periodic
report, by 23 May 2018. For that purpose, the Committee will, in due course, submit to the
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