CAT/C/TGO/CO/2
of the National Human Rights Commission published on 27 February 2012. The
Commission also called for fair compensation for victims of torture. That recommendation
has not yet been fully implemented, as victims and their lawyers were not consulted by the
authorities about the compensation recommended by the National Human Rights
Commission (arts. 2, 12, 13 and 14).
The State party should:
(a)
Take legislative and administrative measures to ensure that victims of
torture and ill-treatment benefit from all forms of redress, including restitution,
compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction and guarantees of non-repetition, and
introduce them in criminal legislation;
(b)
Provide fair and adequate compensation and redress for as full a
rehabilitation as possible to all the victims of torture linked to the events of 2009
described in the National Human Rights Commission’s report;
(c)
Provide fair and adequate redress and rehabilitation to all victims of
torture and to victims of violence against women and girls, victims of trafficking in
persons, and victims of prison violence.
The Committee draws the attention of the State party to its recently adopted general
comment No. 3 on the implementation of article 14 (CAT/C/GC/3), which explains and
clarifies the content and scope of the obligations of States parties with a view to
providing full redress to victims of torture.
Corporal punishment
19.
The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment of children is prohibited in
schools but not in social or family situations, where it is reported to be “common and
socially acceptable provided that it remains proportionate” (art. 16).
The State party should amend its criminal legislation, particularly Act No. 2007-017 of
6 July 2007 on the Children’s Code, so as to prohibit and criminalize all forms of
corporal punishment of children in all environments and contexts, in accordance with
international standards.
Data collection
20.
The Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive, disaggregated data on
complaints, investigations, prosecutions and convictions related to acts of torture and illtreatment attributed to security service agents, including gendarmes, police officers,
prefectural guards and prison guards. Statistical data are also lacking with regard to
trafficking in persons, violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence and
female genital mutilation, and violence against children (arts. 2, 11–14 and 16).
The State party should collect statistical data, disaggregated by age and sex of the
victim, that would be useful in monitoring the implementation of the Convention at
the national level, particularly data on complaints, investigations, prosecutions and
convictions related to acts of torture and ill-treatment attributed to security service
agents, including gendarmes, police officers and prefectural guards and prison
guards, and on deaths in detention. Statistical data should also be provided on
trafficking in persons, violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence
and female genital mutilation, and violence against children, as well as on the means
of redress, particularly compensation and rehabilitation, from which victims have
benefited.
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