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24.
The Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive and disaggregated data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions of cases of torture and illtreatment by law enforcement, security and prison personnel, as well as on the number of
asylum seekers, the use and length of solitary confinement and the occurrence of trafficking
and domestic and sexual violence, including means of redress (arts. 2, 11, 12, 13, 14 and
16).
The State party should compile 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 torture and ill-treatment, the
number of asylum seekers, the use of solitary confinement and the occurrence of
trafficking and domestic and sexual violence, as well as on means of redress, including
compensation and rehabilitation, provided to the victims.
The Committee draws the attention of the State party to the recently adopted general
comment No. 3(2012) on article 14 of the Convention which explains the content and
scope of the obligations of States parties to provide full redress to victims of torture.
25.
The Committee urges the State party to continue its efforts to aiming at ratifying the
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Punishment as soon as possible.
26. 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 Optional Protocol to the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families, the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for
the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
27.
The State party is requested to disseminate widely the report submitted to the
Committee and the committee’s concluding observations, in appropriate languages, through
official websites, the media and non-governmental organizations.
28.
The Committee requests the State party to provide, by 23 November 2013, followup information in response to the Committee’s recommendations related to solitary
confinement, detention of foreigners, and missing minors and trafficking, as contained in
paragraphs 11, 15, 16 and 22 above.
29.
The State party is invited to submit its next report, which will be the eighth periodic
report, by 23 November 2016. To that purpose, the Committee will, in due course, submit
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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