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4.
(a)
To promptly, impartially and thoroughly investigate all reports of acts of
torture and ill-treatment, and torture and forced disappearance perpetrated by
agents of the State, ensuring that the military criminal justice system does not
carry out these investigations, and take further efforts to ensure that those who
report acts of torture or ill-treatment are protected from intimidation and
reprisals and to implement the recommendations of the Committee against
Torture made in this regard (Canada);
(b)
To cooperate more closely with the Committee against Torture
especially by setting up a national complaint registration and investigation
system and a national preventive mechanism (Mexico);
5.
To continue to implement its policies, plans and services to protect the
advancement of women and to protect them against violence (Chile) and
expand the definition of violence against women in accordance with the
recommendations of CEDAW (Turkey);
6.
To undertake legislative reforms to criminalize trafficking in persons, in
accordance with the definition contained in the Palermo Protocol (Mexico);
7.
In accordance with the conclusions adopted by the Committee on the Rights of
the Child in 2006, measures should be increased to stop child labour and to
promote social reintegration of child and adolescent victims of exploitation
(Italy);
8.
To continue to cooperate with the activities of the Ombudsman (Republic of
Korea);
9.
To intensify efforts in fully implementing all the recommendations of the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), in particular with regard to victims’
compensation and institutional reforms (France, Canada, Philippines,
Germany, Republic of Korea), and to report back to the Human Rights
Council. This should include the investigation of all cases of human rights
violations committed during the twenty-year armed conflict and bringing to
justice those responsible in trials meeting international standards and granting
reparations to victims (Netherlands). The TRC implementation should also take
into account the situation of vulnerable groups and institutional reforms
(United Kingdom);
10.
To provide the National Council for Reparations with financial and other
resources (Belgium);
11.
To further strengthen the capacities and independence of the judicial system
and to effectively combat corruption within the judiciary (Germany);
12.
To take measures to address the issue of prison overcrowding and poor prison
conditions, including providing prisoners with access to medical staff and courtappointed counsel (Canada), especially in the Challapalca prison where
detainees live under extreme climatic conditions (Uruguay);
13.
To expedite prosecution of cases of violence and intimidation of the media,
impose penalties for government officials convicted of these offences and
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