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(b)
Ensure that if foreigners are expelled, they are sent back to a country of their
choice, or a country with which they have real ties and where there is no substantial ground for
believing that they would be in danger of being subjected to torture;
(c)
Bring the Special Control of Foreigners Act into line with the Convention;
(d)
Strengthen the machinery for following up the guarantees of proper treatment
offered by States to which foreigners are expelled;
(e)
Undertake more comprehensive and detailed investigations into the human rights
situation in the countries of origin of asylum-seekers;
(f)
Ensure that all allegations of violations committed by police personnel and prison
guards, and in particular any death in detention, are investigated promptly and impartially. Due
attention should be paid to the conclusions and recommendations of the “Osmo Vallo
Commission”;
(g)
Strengthen the human rights education programmes intended for police personnel,
prison guards and other law enforcement officers, as well as training programmes relating to the
application of the Handbook of Police Procedures and Actions of Self-Defence;
(h)
Ensure that the prohibition on the use of statements obtained by torture as
evidence in proceedings is clearly formulated in domestic law.
8.
The Committee recommends that the State party include in its fifth periodic report a
summary of the conclusions and recommendations drawn up by the above-mentioned national
commissions and committees, and indicate how they have been followed up.
9.
The Committee also recommends that the State party disseminate widely the
Committee’s conclusions and recommendations, in all appropriate languages, in the country.
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