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(b)
Guarantee the effectiveness of mechanisms designed to ensure redress
and adequate compensation for victims of torture and other forms of ill-treatment.
The Committee reiterates its previous recommendation (A/53/44, para. 118 (h)) that
the State party should create a compensation fund for victims of torture and illtreatment.
National human rights institution
(25) The Committee is concerned that the State party does not consider it opportune to
establish a national human rights institution in accordance with the Paris Principles
(General Assembly resolution 48/134, annex). While noting that the duties of the AttorneyGeneral’s Office and other State institutions include dealing with complaints of alleged
rights violations filed by citizens, the Committee observes that none of the bodies listed by
the State party qualifies as an independent national human rights institution (art. 2).
The Committee urges the State party to consider establishing a national human rights
institution in accordance with the Paris Principles.
Data collection
(26) The Committee is concerned that, despite its previous recommendation (A/53/44,
para. 118 (j)), the State party has not provided detailed statistical information on various
issues and it regrets the State party’s decision not to transmit all the information requested.
The absence of disaggregated data on complaints, investigations, prosecutions and
convictions in cases of torture and ill-treatment, as well as in cases of deaths in custody,
domestic violence and trafficking in human beings, hampers the identification of abuse
requiring attention, and the effective implementation of the Convention (arts. 2, 16 and 19).
The State party should compile statistical data relevant to the monitoring of the
implementation of the Convention at the national and local levels, disaggregated by
gender, ethnicity, age, geographical region and type and location of place of
deprivation of liberty, including data on complaints, investigations and prosecutions
of cases of torture and ill-treatment perpetrated by law enforcement officials and
military and prison personnel, as well as of cases of deaths in custody, violence against
women and trafficking in human beings. It should also collect information about any
compensation or damages awarded to the victims.
(27) The Committee regrets that the State party has not provided any information on
specific national court rulings in which the Convention and its provisions have been
invoked.
(28) The Committee recommends that the State party consider making the declarations
under articles 21 and 22 of the Convention.
(29) The Committee invites the State party to consider ratifying the core United Nations
human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, particularly the International Covenant
on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights; the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women; the International Convention on the Protection of the
Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families; and the Optional Protocol
to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
(30) The State party is encouraged to disseminate the reports submitted to the Committee
and these concluding observations widely through the official media and non-governmental
organizations.
(31) The State party is invited to upgrade its core document (HRI/CORE/1/Add.84), in
accordance with the requirements of the common core document contained in the
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